Equal opportunity

Job Discrimination is when someone is denied a job or assignment for non-job related reasons. Job discrimination can happen without one’s knowledge. For example, a close friend of mine told me he quit his job. The company he worked for would not promote him due to his skin tone. They told him he would be a great fit and most likely would get the position, only to give it to his colleague. Also, at my place of employment, they do not hire male teachers. We have one male teacher as a floater but…

were harassed and possible ways to solve the problem (possibly having them transferred). If reporting the abuse to the harasser’s supervisors doesn’t work, it may be time to file a complaint. To file a complaint, you must contact either the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) or the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC). Your company is not allowed to retaliate against you for filing a sexual harassment complaint. Be aware that there are time restrictions on filing sexual…

harassment against individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, pregnancy and age. The federal government has set up three different agencies, to combat such a situation. These agencies are the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR), and New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR). Their agencies are there for the employee and as well for the employer to make sure that they are following…

Today’s society has changed in many ways. One way that I am sure that many people have noticed, or have maybe even been effected by has been sexism. Many years ago women were expected to stay at home to take care of the children along with taking care of the house hold entities which included cooking, cleaning, and many more house hold chores. Men where typically expected to be providers in the home in which means to pay the bills, put food on the table, and to protect the family. With that…

discrimination. Employers cannot be deny, limit, or refuse to refer employment based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. If an educator finds an issue or believes this issue to be true they have a right to due process. Complaints go to the Equal Employment…

It has been over a week that I have been in a pensive mood and have been contemplating about this essay. I recall how it all began. It was a tiresome evening of the last day of August and I have recently arrived home from camp. The first thing I was informed to do when I entered the house was that I had an essay that I needed to compose for a competition. My father notified me that the education director of the Toronto general consulate has challenged me to enroll into this three page essay…

Introduction When employees seek employment, they do so with the intent of performing well at their jobs, getting paid appropriately for their performance, and with the understanding that if they have a need that arises, their employer will try to accommodate them as best possible, if they have the means to do so. With a diverse workforce, religion and disability are two categories that will always vary among employees and how the company meets those needs. Companies are very diverse and with…

An Article within this law, Title VII, addresses job discrimination and the establishing of the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity commission), is what the background checks fall upon. The EEOC primary role is enforcing the federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against job applicant or current employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin…

a) person claiming they were harassed in the workplace must allege the following in order to first state the case with the EEOC. 1. Sexual harassment –quid pro quo-must show by use of superior evidence that the harasser made sexual advances or exhibited direct sexual behaviour towards him or her as a condition to reward them with employee benefits and avoid termination or other worse employment action. A victim must be able to prove by use of facts that they were an employee of the defendant,…

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.…