Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

question you may ask is " what is affirmative action?" Affirmative action is the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority group member, especially in employment (Dictionary). This applies mostly in schools and workplaces. Evidence suggest that it has had some success in improving educational and economic opportunity for women and minorities (Gale). This topic has started many large debates and has become a very big issue since it has to deal with discrimination and merging…

In 2015, there were 6,822 receipts filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This number is only the number of times that a charge was filed, this does not take into account how many times someone was sexually harassed and did not report it. Sexual harassment is defined as, “conduct typically experienced as offensive in nature, in which unwanted sexual advances are made in the context of a relationship of unequal power or authority” (Kane-Urrabazo p. 609). There are two main…

The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) which is one of the Executive order Agencies, is an agency put in place to interpret, administer, and enforce employment laws when it comes to staffing. (Heneman, 2014, 56). This agency is place to prevent discrimination against employees based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran. In order to enforce these laws, they provide federal and…

history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history. “ (John Toland). We say we stand together as a “united nation”. Claiming to be free, liberal and equal to one another. We fill our mouths with words that have multiple meanings, saying this country is the gateway to opportunity and accomplishment. Yet, we deine those opportunities to those we don't consider worthy of living the american dream. Filling our minds with hate and ignorance, we take it into our hands to create laws…

retain or regain employment due to arbitrary age limit setting in spite of performance, or skill and morale deterioration due to training omission, are problematic to a healthy economy. Because of this, certain laws are put in place to deter such disadvantages; yet these same protective laws that serve to guide employer ethical behavior might also oblige employee unethical behavior in the form of frivolous law suits. Here we review ethical issues under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act…

hiring her would have been a risk to their particular company. To bring this view to light, “Prohibited Employment Policies/Practices” as enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee, clearly states that “it is not illegal under federal law for an employer to limit opportunity due to height and weight if the employer can demonstrate how the need is job related. (Prohibited Employment Policies) This would then address why the company claimed, she was “unfit to evacuate the bus in the…

EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) v. Abercrombie and Fitch Stores, Inc. was a case where the EEOC sued Abercrombie because the company refused to give a job to a woman named Samantha Elauf because of her head scarf. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc is a national chain of clothing stores that requires its employees to follow the “Look Policy” that reflects the Store’s style and forbids black clothing and any sort of caps. It claimed that the company violated Title Vll of the civil…

The Employment Discrimination law protects all workers from sexual harassment or any other type of discrimination and is dictated on the level of both federal and state. The Title VI of Civil Rights Acts of 1964, which is enforced by US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, makes it unlawful and illegal to discriminate someone because of their national origin, religion, color, race or sex. Any physical or verbal behavior of sexual nature, sexual advances that are not welcomed, or request for…

Laser cautions the older candidate not to sabotage the interview by airing frustrations of job hunting. Organization and planning will soften the difficulties of the job hunting process and minimize the inevitable stress associated with seeking employment. My research paper, “Ageism is Alive and Thriving in U.S. Businesses,” is about companies practicing age discrimination. More specifically, addressing the discrimination against hiring the older person who has recently graduated with a…

The Gender Wage Gap In 1963 the Federal government passed the Equal Pay Act to prohibit employers from discriminating based on the way employees of opposite sexes are compensated. The Act required employers to compensate employees of equal skill, effort, and responsibility, equally. While the gender wage gap has closed significantly since then, women are still making less than men at the same jobs. A portion of the pay gap for working young college graduates can be attributed to their individual…