Key Terms • Equal Employment Opportunity: The treatment of individuals in all aspects of employment. • Protected Classes: Individuals of a minority race‚ women‚ older people‚ and those with disabilities who are covered by federal laws on equal employment opportunity. • Bona Fide Occupational Qualification: Suitable defense against a discrimination charge only where age‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin is an actual qualification for performing the job. • Business Necessity: Work-related practice
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was established by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to assist in the protection of US employees from discrimination. The law was the first federal law designed to protect most US employees from employment discrimination based upon that employee’s race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin . Employment discrimination entails areas such as firing‚ hiring‚ promotions‚ transfer or wage practices and it is also illegal to discriminate in advertising
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Single Mothers; How Family and Childcare Issues Affect Employment In fall of 2009 Specialist Alexis Hutchinson‚ a 21-year-old Army cook and single parent‚ was days from deploying to Afghanistan for a year when her mother backed out of an agreement to take care of her 10-month-old son for the duration of her tour. Her mother‚ Angelique Hughes‚ had a child of her own at home and was also caring for a sick sister while running a day care from her home in California. Feeling overwhelmed‚ Ms. Hughes
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Introduction Equal employment opportunity (EEO) began when President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941. Executive Order 8802 ensured that every American citizen was guaranteed equal employment opportunities in World War II defense contracts‚ regardless of race‚ creed‚ color‚ or national origin. Today‚ the EEO legislation has affected businesses. The topics discussed will be‚ how the organization‚ as well as the individual employee‚ has rights‚ the effect it has on the
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Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) states that employers cannot discriminate against people that forty or older. There are states that have laws that protect younger employees. In the United States‚ age discrimination is prohibited. In 1967 the Age Discrimination in Employment Act was passed by Congress. This is not only a policy for employees to understand‚ it is a policy that needs employers to abide by also. This policy came into effect when the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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EEOC Presentation Resource: the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website Explore the EEOC website (http://www.eeoc.gov) to learn more about the organization. Click the About the EEOC link and select Newsroom. Select a press release about an employee lawsuit published within the last 6 months. Search the Internet to find at least one news item about this lawsuit‚ preferably from a news source in the state in which the incident occurred. Federal Jury Awards Exel Employee
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Combating Future Employment Stability in New Zealand by Altering Working Weeks By Natalie Gwilliam If I could change one thing about the world of business and organisations‚ it would be to alter the generic 40 hour working week for New Zealanders. I would define this key strategic issue in two particular contexts; the first of which being how the generic working week is structured‚ and the second being the average amount of normal weekly hours a full time worker must work to maintain a livelihood
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Today everyone has an equal chance for employment and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission makes this possible. The EEOC enforces federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or employees. This means that an employee cannot be discriminated because of their race‚ color‚ religion‚ or sex. This started in 1963 when president Kennedy sent comprehensive civil rights legislation to congress. History became official in 1964 when the civil rights act of 1964. This act
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Your role is to decide if Karen is an independent contractor or an employee and discuss some of the preventative and ethical situations that are occurring in this case. Questions: 1. Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? In my opinion Karen should be a considered a permanent employee as she has been working and promoted in the company for five years and she is considered an asset to them‚ she is paid in salary already
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Private Sector and Government Worker Salaries and Conditions of Employment in the Philippines Submitted by: Mark Leo L. Francisco Submitted to: Prof. Castillo J. O. Subject Code: WSALADM Section Code: BHR0401 Date Submitted: February 12‚ 2015 Introduction There has been much debate over whether public sector employees are overpaid or underpaid‚ relative to their private sector counterparts‚ and how to make an "apples-to-apples" comparison of the compensation received by each since job
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