EMPLOYEE:
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of l964, as amended:

" . . . an individual employed by an employer except that the term 'employee' shall not include any person elected to public office in any State or political subdivision of any State ... or any person chosen by such officer to be on such officer's personal staff, or an appointee on the policy making level or an immediate adviser with respect to the exercise of the constitutional or legal powers of the office. The exemption set forth in the preceding sentence shall not include employees subject to the civil service laws of a State Government, governmental agency or political subdivision."

EMPLOYER:
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended:

" . . . a person engaged in an industry affecting commerce who has fifteen or more employees for each working day in each of twenty or more calendar weeks in the current or preceding calendar year." The U.S. Government and its wholly owned corporations, Indian tribes, certain departments of the District of Columbia Government, and tax exempt, bona fide private membership clubs are excluded from the definition.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY:
Where all personnel activities are conducted so as to assure equal access in all phases of the employment process. Employment decisions are based solely on the individual merit and fitness of applicants and employees related to specific jobs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, handicapping conditions, marital status or criminal record.