The Opportunity

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…

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 idea of women working has two different meanings depending on the time period it is being examined in. With men leaving their jobs during World War I, women began leaving their household jobs and occupied men’s positions. But the return of the men at the end of the war meant women had to go back to their household duties and return the men’s jobs. Following World War II, women were less wanting to return to domestic jobs and many continued working in jobs that were considered to be man’s…

Women in the work force have been fighting for equal pay for over 100 years. In 1869, a bill proposed equal pay for women in the federal work force. It was passed through the House of Representatives by nearly 100 votes, but was watered down in the Senate to only include new employees. However, the bill wasn 't enforced and women working federal jobs were still paid less than men. New York state passed the Grady bill in 1891 stating that all teachers must receive equal pay. During World War 1…

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…

Though this may be the case, discrimination still happens often in the workplace. An astounding 64% of workers say they have seen or experienced age discrimination in the workplace (Fleck, 2014). To combat age discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforce The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) which prevents discrimination against anyone age 40 years and older. It does not protect employees who are under the age of 40 years old (“Prohibited Employment…

for doing the same job” (Snow & Snow, 2016). The Equal Pay Act was “the first national labor standard to address the practice of women getting paid less than men simply because they were women” (Task Force, 2013). According to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The Equal Pay Act requires that equal wages be paid to men and women who perform jobs that require substantially equal skill, effort and responsibility in the same establishment under similar working conditions. “The Act laid the…

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,…

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 anti-discriminatory laws. Title VII of the Civil…

received $2.00 dollars per day, totaling a measly $65.00 dollars per month. In 2009, Henry’s Turkey went out of business, if only it could have been twenty years sooner. The case against Henry’s Turkey went to trial and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) won a total judgment of $240 million dollars for the abused workers. After reading about this EEOC case, I am shocked the men who were involved in the mistreatment and abuse against the disabled workers…