A Civil Action

The History of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was created under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is the federal agency responsible for eliminating employment discrimination (by private employers) based on race, color, sex, religion and national origin. It is also responsible for the elimination of…

To promote inclusion of persons identifying as transgender, the Queensland Government developed the Queensland Public Sector LGBTIQ Inclusion Strategy. The policy was designed to promote inclusion and diversity of the LGBTIQ community in the largest Queensland workplace, the public sector (Queensland Government, 2017). The policy shows promising attributes when stating it will work towards providing sector wide membership to Pride in Diversity to allow access to resources, professional training…

Employees are given numerous rights through labor and employment laws. The National Labor Relations Act has given workers a “voice” that would have otherwise been stifled by their employers. Before the NLRA, the employers ruled the workplace with an iron fist. They were allowed coerce their workers to adjust to lower wages and longer hours without having a say. If workers were to strike, the employer could implore harsh methods like shooting guns at employees on strike in order to attempt to…

it looks like unjust racial profiling (i.e. random stop of a black man in a white neighborhood), and follows a “you are not from around these parts” model, then an accusation of underlying racism is warranted. Just like in the idea of affirmative action, people should be willing to bear some burden for the sake of justice of social arrangements, same goes for law enforcement; their target as well. Going further, the objection that “profiling imposes unfair burdens on blacks”, would fall fail. On…

Many litigations involving Affirmative Action were contested in court, but two, in particular, were student Affirmative Action cases that were presented to the U.S. Supreme Court. The very first challenge to affirmative action programs in higher education is DeFunis v. Odegaard (1973), which involved Marco DeFunis, Jr. and the University of Washington Law School (UWLS) (Smallwood, 2015, p. 2). The lawsuit questions UWLS’s practice for considering minority applications separately from the rest…

A growing number of non-cardiac drugs have been found to delay cardiac repolarization, causing QT interval prolongation and predisposing patients to an increased risk of potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias, known as torsade de pointes (TdP) (Letsas et al, 2007; Yap and Camm 2003; Sanguinetti and Tristani-Firouzi). These drugs include the second-generation, non-sedating antihistamines astemizole and terfenadine, withdrawn from the market in Europe and the United States (in 1997 and 1999,…

on the national statutes, but with smaller variations as per the requirement of a particular jurisdiction. Some of the popular employment laws prevailing in the United States are: a) Whistle Blower Protection b) Civil Service Reform c) Bankruptcy d) Rehabilitation Act e) Equal Pay f) Civil Rights g) Americans with Disabilities Act h) Age Discrimination in Employment Act These rules are framed with a view to prohibit different types of discriminations shows in the workplace. As mentioned…

itself as the primary representative that sits and exclusively bargain with the employer over employees’ rights to provide specific services. The Act protects the rights of workers on any discriminatory conduct that violates the law, and any illegal actions by the employer or union is an unfair labor practice. When a company takes an unfair decision and interfere in employees’ activities, restraining employees to exercise their rights under the NIRA regulations,…

discourage diversity. Nondiscrimination policy which requires, existing and potential employees to agree to it. And reviewing the policies related to recruitment, promotion, employee performance, and other existing employment policies. The second action will be creating a diversity team which will take care of reviewing employment systems and select proper programs. The effective…

Although many people try to avoid them, discrimination and prejudice are commonly known issues. In the photograph by the Southampton Anti-Bias Task Force, five crayons are placed vertically next to each other and each of them are named “flesh.” It is evident that each crayon is a different shade even though they all have the same name on the paper wrappers. This image uses many different key elements including creators, viewers, purpose, medium, and design to portray that all humans are the…