Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The 1970 Equal Pay Act The year 1970 marked the first institutional changes regarding wage equality. The 1970 Equal Pay Act states that equivalent work equals equivalent pay, regardless of gender, unless employers can prove that a difference in pay is due to material differences not gender differences. The Act also prohibits differentiation of holidays, pension rights, and bonuses based on gender (Moss 2015). Although seemingly straightforward, the Act ran into many issues, especially regarding…

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that, “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer … to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, sex, or national origin.” Its goal was to create equality of employment by removing obstacles facing certain classes, such as women. If a law firm had a dress code requiring women in receptionist and secretarial…

In Australia, national and state laws cover equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination in the workplace. You're required by these laws to create a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. Summary of these act are is as follow for fair work act you must , meet minimum term and conditions of employment. Must allow the ability to be able to negotiate on a enterprise-level, individual flexibility in work arrangements if the employer is better off. Also need to provide protection…

In order to create a comparison and contrast between both Acts we must underline the purpose of each. The American with Disabilities Act is a civil right law designated to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, public services and accommodations. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil right law designated to prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs and activities whether they public or private when they received federal financial assistance.…

I was contacted by the claims adjuster Renee Dubiel to reopen my case management file on Mr. Heintz, as he still requires a case manager. The previous company has closed their file. I spoke with Mr. Heintz regarding his general status and that I noted he had an upcoming appointment on June 4 with Neurosurgery. Mr. Heintz provided me with the address and reported that his aide would be transporting him to the appointment. Communication seems best with Mr. Heintz through text messages as Mr.…

Introduction “Rapid internationalization and globalization have resulted in a diverse workforce in most Western countries”(Netto et. al 2014). A diverse workplace refers to the variety of differences between people in an organisation… which encompassses race, gender, ethnic group, age, … education, background.. “ (Greenberg 2004). Establishing a diverse workforce allows organisations to have different solutions in solving the problems within the organisation, it also provides a wider service to…

employees equally. Discrimination based on the color of a person is still found in workplaces although it is illegal. “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” ( Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.…

Disparate Treatment or Disparate Impact In order to understand the category of discrimination in which these cases lie, it is important to understand the basics of the two types. Desperate impact is unpretentious discrimination. An organization 's employment practice has all the earmarks of being nonpartisan, yet the impact or impact irrationally discriminates against a protected class. Desperate impact discrimination is more entangled and harder to demonstrate than desperate treatment.…

susceptible to lawsuits for a myriad of reasons from wrongful termination to policy violation to violating equal employment rights. Many of these organizations spend years entangled in the legal system and accumulate thousands of dollars in legal fees. More often than not, many are bankrupt as a result while others downsize and pay out millions to victims. According to the 2016 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) report, there are more than 88,000 discrimination cases filed for…

Ethics in Weight Discrimination The U.S has written many laws to help keep discrimination from affecting a person’s chances at landing a job. However, there are still some things that you can discriminate on when people come in for an interview. Things like weight are still being discriminated against as we can see from these 2 court cases. One is from the State of Michigan, the only state that doesn’t allow discrimination against weight, where a waitress for Hooter’s successfully sued after…