2014 Event G-20 nations discuss ending stimulus efforts in economically advanced nations while planning ways to increase global trade and employment opportunities to achieve global GDP growth 2011 Event Bolstered by strong employment figures for March, the Australian dollar reaches a 28-year high against the U.S. dollar 1980 Event Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment 1978 Event President Carter signs Hawkins-Humphrey full employment bill 1945 Event New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1943 Event Van der Veen Resistance starts fire in Amsterdam employment bureau 1941 Event Fair Employment Practices Commission established 1940 Death Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide 1934 Event Jordanians revolt in Amsterdam after reduction in employment 1933 Event U.S. Employment Service created 1932 Birthday James Lester, born in Nottingham, England, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Beeston, served as party whip, junior employment minister 1918 Event U.S. employment service opens as a unit of Department of Labor 1914 Birthday Theodore Kheel, labor negotiator, Fair Employment Practices 1894 Event Seattle authorizes 1st municipal employment office in U.S. 1872 Event Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment
