Equal Opportunity Employment

It’s imperative employees speak to their equal employment opportunity (EEO) office if they feel they are intentionally being discriminated against because the lines between benign and necessary and cruel and unfair can get very fuzzy. Proving Intentional Discrimination Intentional discrimination must present a reasonable likelihood of targeting a specific group for discrimination by setting an unfair standard for employment. In most legal proceedings, the employee has the burden of…

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 awakened the cognizance of every American within the United States of America’s workforce. Once it was acceptable to deny employment based on discrimination practices. The need for legislative involvement was necessary to combat the discrimination that many educated and capable people were denied honest jobs due to that system. Applicants were literally turned away and prohibited from applying for positions solely based on their race, gender, or religion. Therefore,…

Disability and Discrimination – Employment Laws In addition to the ADA and the USERRA, there are additional laws that were put in put into place to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in employment. These laws include; the Rehabilitation Act, the Workforce Investment Act and the Civil Service Reform Act. The Rehabilitation Act which was effective March 24…

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) The Equal Pay Act was signed by President John F. Kennedy on June 10, 1963 and dictates that women and men in the same workplace receive equal pay for equal work. It is illegal to pay these workers different wages; it is also illegal to retaliate against a worker who reports or files claims of sex-based wage discrimination. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 was passed to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 which set minimum wage and child labor standards…

in employment is a serious issue which needs to be openly addressed if equality has to be achieved. Racial discrimination has dominated over the past century. Even though the rates are not as high, it still remains a problem till today. In most cases racial discrimination is more dominant in school and workplaces. Racial discrimination can be defined as the practice of treating individuals in different manner because of their race. The web page chosen for this topic is EEOC (Equal Employment…

Abstract The Americans with Disabilities Act was created and signed into law in 1990. EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for enforcing EEOC laws and being sure Human Resource Offices are aware of all of their rules and regulations. Human Resource Offices are in charge to inform employees of their EEOC Rights. Disability Discrimination falls under over a thousand categories but it can also include harassment because of disability. Victims can be granted awards in a court…

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was created by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals against employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments, employment agencies, labor organizations, and the federal government. Title VII also prohibits employment decisions based on stereotypes and…

While looking at the Equal Employment Opportunity in Chapter 3 I found two Laws that stood out to me which were the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. One reason they stood out to me is because I feel that both of these laws get broken daily. Although both of them were implemented years ago some companies have a hard time abiding by them. After conducting my research I found two well-known companies that have dishonored these laws and ended being in lawsuits. In…

an opportunity to apply. Due to the fact that that Nelson did not have more tenure than another officer with seniority; this does not mean that she was not capable of successfully performing the job duties of the new role. There were no grounds of termination for Nelson in this case. She followed the necessary procedures of psychological evaluations; she attempted to apply for a less stressful job and was not given the opportunity to do so. Nelson did have the right to sue under the Equal…

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 The Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was designed to protect people from employment discrimination based on their race, color, nationality, sex or religion. The Act gave birth to the EEOC, the acronym stands for Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The EEOC is a bipartisan, five-member group that seeks to end employment discrimination. According to (Clouatre, 2014) the EEOC encourages diversity in the workplace by executing…