Ahmani Nkwodimmah
Legal Aspects of Human Resource Management – Fall 2016
Wilmington University
Who has to prove a company discriminated against an employee? Do you agree with the burden of this obligation? According to the Oxford dictionary, discrimination can be defined as the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. In this case Ana Alvarado-Santos, has to prove that she has been discriminated against by the company. She has to file for national origin discrimination charges, she is the victim in the case from Puerto Rico, she was being discriminated against by a co-worker who is higher than her on the chain of command and who identifies
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The training I have in mind would discuss the importance of the ADA, EEO and Affirmative Action, basically stating that all three laws help to increase diversity in the work place, minimize work place discrimination and maximize the organizations potential. I will also elaborate on how to comply with these laws by welcoming people who come from different walks of life. I will also stress the importance of cultural awareness and sensitivity and how to accomplish it. Cultural awareness is basically one of the foundations of communication. In order for cultural awareness to be accomplish, it would have to be actively promoted throughout the company so that all employees can appreciate the benefits of cultural diversity, which is accepting different cultures into the workplace. On the other hand, cultural sensitivity is knowing that cultural differences as well as similarities exist, without assigning values to those cultural differences. For example, when Dr. Francisco Rodriguez-Pichardo said that Dominican Doctors were the better doctors. Cultural sensitivity can only be accomplished once everyone accepts the fact that all cultures will vary from one
Respondent Union Pacific Railroad Company ("Union Pacific"), submits this position statement in response to the discrimination charge filed by, Terry Scharfe ("Complainant"). The Complainant claims that Union Pacific discriminated against in retaliation for a prior complaint of harassment and on the basis of disability when he was discharged from his position as a Special Agent with the Union Pacific Police Department.
What is discrimination you ask well it is the treatment or consideration of, or making
Discrimination is when someone has a bias opinion on a specific crowd of people due to their race, sex, religion, or order of rank. This basically goes hand in hand with the phrase judging a book by its cover meaning the person with the negative opinion will not give the other individual a fair chance for the reason being they are being stereotypical and not thinking of the other person’s talent, or character. A modern day example of discrimination would be if a male employer were to compensate a female employee a lower pay due to her gender. At some time in everyone’s life due to today society, we have all been victimized by discrimination. Whether it may be a dirty look from a random person, or the way you dress, talk, and even look.
Discrimination has many meaning and many different ways people can discriminate against others. Discriminations can be as simple as a person making a judgment against someone else by the way they dress or the way they speak or it can be the people are discriminated (out casted/left out) because they choose to be different or have a disability or different colour of skin or even religion. Discrimination is unfair treatment of a person action based on prejudice.
Discrimination is about treating a person/people differently because of their age, religion, gender and race. The Equality Act 2010 protects all
Sexual harassment is considered to be a form of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which applies to all U.S. employers with 15 or more employees (some state laws may provide additional worker protections). Anyone affected by the offensive conduct in question, not just the person to whom it is directed, may be a victim.
Discrimination is the act of someone treating another unfairly, unequal, or less favorably because of their race, gender, religion, disability, or sexual orientation. Discrimination affects people and can occur in many places. Discrimination happened during the civil war and made it hard to live through that time.
The EEOC also administers and enforces the civil rights laws. The EEOC provides programs to prevent discrimination before it begins through programs such as education and outreach programs. They have the responsibility to provide guidance in all aspects of federal government equal employment opportunity program by assuring the compliance with EEOC regulations and providing. The role of the investigation is to fairly and accurately assess the claims and then make a verdict. If there was a positive discrimination case has happened, the EEOC will try to settle the charge, if not the EEO has the authority to file a lawsuit to defend the rights of individuals and the welfare of the public. If there is no case of discrimination, there will not be
Facts of the case: Imagine you are an HR manager and your boss and owner of the company, Bill, comes to you suspecting his assistant, Paige, is stealing money from the company. Bill would like a polygraph test conducted to see if Paige is stealing from the company. He would also like you to conduct electronic surveillance on Paige’s work e-mail for anything suspicious.
First, there is clear evidence that not all jurors are impartial, which makes it reasonable for an innocent person to fear the outcome of their trial. It’s a known fact that bias is inevitable, and it’s extremely difficult to set a bias aside when determining a verdict. Therefore, depending on someone's race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender, they could be fearful of the justice system. The existence of bias in the judicial system has been an ongoing issue for an extremely long time, and it’s still a problem today. After the horrific shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teen in Ferguson, Missouri, extensive research was carried out to prove the racial bias in the town. According to an article published by the New York Times, in the two years prior to the shooting, ninety-three percent of all arrests in the town were of people of color (Nytimes.com).
Discrimination is treating someone differently, often unfairly, because he/she is a part of a specific group, class or category of people. For instance, a girl named Wu Qing in China was discriminated against and could not find a job because how her body was a bit chubby and the scars in her face from an accident in her early childhood. Even though she was kind and used to be straight-A student, she had no friends. Now, she is looking for selling her kidney in order to pay the plastic surgery fee. Discrimination can change a person from innocent to evil is an important theme in the novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley. Even though
The undocumented workers gained this protection from being discriminated and intimidated by their employer. The act of the petitioner reporting the workers to the IRA was indeed discrimination as no employer can hire or fire an employee at any time based off their involvement and participation with a union nor can they discourage membership or activity in any union making the petitioner guilty of constructive discharge. The purpose of reinstating the workers was to lessen the incentive for hiring undocumented workers by offering back-pay of six months and a reinstatement of work. Although reinstatement and back pay would deter unfair labor practices and treatment against undocumented employees as well as offer a relief for mistreated employees,
The plaintiffs would make a case of discrimination by stating how they have felt discriminated against. There are different classifications of discrimination. Some discrimination may not be
Discrimination in the workplace occurs when an employee experiences harsh or unfair treatment due to their race, religion, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Discrimination is one of the biggest problems people face in the workplace and it must be dealt with forcefully.
Discrimination occurs when an employee suffers from unfavorable or unfair treatment due to their race, religion, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Employees who have suffered reprisals for opposing workplace discrimination or for reporting violations to the authorities are also considered to be discriminated against. Federal law prohibits discrimination in work-related areas, such as recruiting, hiring, job evaluations, promotion policies, training, compensation and disciplinary action. (employeeissues.com, 2006)