Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In the article “Standing Up for the Rights of New Fathers,” author Tara Siegel Bernard is writing about the controversial discussion of equal rights between genders, especially about paid paternity leave. Bernard is a personal finance reporter for The New York Times and has worked as a news editor for Consumer News and Business Channel (211). The author begins the article by introducing a father that is concerned about the amount of paternity leave that is available to him from his employer.…

discrimination in all projects that the federal state funded. The act also established a commission to oversee equal employment opportunities for all Americans. This commission was given the mandate to monitor and supervise employment to sweep off all forms of discrimination in public and private sectors. The act also provided additional capacities to uphold voting rights in the United States. The mandate of the Civil Rights Commission was extended to four years. The act was passed by the 88th…

As a Florida House Representative when I took my oath of office I made the commitment to be the indefatigable voice of the voiceless, a pillar of Justice, and the irrefutable defender of my constituents; and when I received notice of the “No Haitians” need apply ad in the RockLand County’s Penny Saver I was disgusted and outraged. I am not only a State Representative, I am Haitian, a nurse of 30 plus years with a license in Florida , and I represent District 108, which happens to be the…

Strategies such as flexible working arrangements are crucial to improve the work life balance. Fielden et al. (2001) stated that access to flexible working arrangements and childcare would provide an opportunity for women to keep up with their male counterparts. The Work and Family Act 2006 provides the right to request the flexible working hours by parents with young children up to the age of 16. However, those strategies such as part time or flexible working are regarded as counterproductive…

Unions are a group of workers who band together to improve their employment conditions and protect co-workers and themselves from legal and economic mistreatment. Unions began forming in the mid-19th century, with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) forming in the 1880s. By 1900 there were a million union workers. Though the cause of the impacts may vary, the economy, legislation, and public policy have always had an impact on Union Membership. In the years Union Membership began there were…

Federal law prohibits workplace discrimination and enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Those laws are passed by congress and signed by the president. U.S. Labor Department investigation of Paul Johnson Drywall Inc. aggress to pay $600,000 in back wages, damages and penalties. Paul Johnson Drywall Inc. classified their workers as member/owner instead of employees, which denied them of basic worker protection provided to employees (Department of Labor, (DOL) 2014). In…

common themes in el movimento, the women’s movement, and Chicana feminism included employment and education . Employment and education are universal terms applied to various social movements but possess different meanings across movements. Their difference in meaning for Anglo women and Chicanas influenced Chicana’s reason to disassociate with the Women’s movement. Both groups of women agreed for the change in employment and education, but as Chicanas would soon argue, what these issues meant to…

is an extremely important aspect. Though the country has struggled with direct female abuse related problems in the past, there is an upstanding law against the discrimination of women in all areas; the law provides women with equal rights in education, business, employment, and pay. Women can also own property, participated in politics, and work in government. In a 2012 Human Rights Country Report, the Gabonese Republic, in partnership with women’s rights groups, issued four ideas designed to…

popularity out of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, which achieved tremendous success. This group was lead by Martin Luther King Jr. and was formed in Atlanta in January 1957. The primary goal of this group was to carry non-violent protests and attain equal rights for all citizens, especially African American. SCLC focused urban areas in the South. The leader of this group Martin Luther King attracted many officials to the Civil Rights clause. MLK also used a variety of tactics to achieve the…

beliefs without any oppression. Other rights include freedom from torture and inhumane or degrading treatment, regardless of what the situation is. (ZA, Akbar, 2012). Nobody should be subjected to discrimination because every individual’s rights are equal and they should not be treated unfairly due to their race, religion, sexuality or age. Last but not least, the human rights act also aims to provide every individual with the most important right which is the right to life and protects an…