<Li> Charlotte Burrows, Commissioner </Li> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.eeoc.gov </Td> </Tr> <P> The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is a federal agency that administers and enforces civil rights laws against workplace discrimination . The EEOC investigates discrimination complaints based on an individual's race, children, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, and retaliation for reporting, participating in, and / or opposing a discriminatory practice . </P> <P> On March 6, 1961, President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925, which required government contractors to "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin ." It established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity of which then Vice President Lyndon Johnson was appointed to head . This was the forerunner of the EEOC . </P>

Which of the following is the primary function of the equal employment opportunity commission