Affirmative Action In The Workplace
Although there have been decades of hard won civil rights gains for women, we do not
yet live in a gender blind society. Sexism perpetuates a cycle of unfulfilled aspirations among
women. Public policies are being scrutinized under ever stricter legal microscopes, and an
atmosphere of unease about the future pervades our national consciousness – “a future beset
with economic challenges from abroad, technological innovation at home, a demographic
revolution in our workforce, and a re-stratification of society.” Restrictions on women’s access
to and participation in the workforce include the wage gap and the glass ceiling. We will
discuss the following laws that have helped women make important strides in the workforce,
cracking (but not …show more content…
Executive Order 11375 meant women should no longer have to worry
about being discriminated against in the workplace in terms of being hired or released.
Executive Order 11375 meant that Affirmative Action (of Executive Order 11246) now
applied to women as well. Affirmative Action is an organization’s active effort to find
opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group (in this instance, women).
Affirmative Action plans must consist of an equal opportunity policy statement, an analysis of
the current work force, identification of underrepresented areas, the establishment of
reasonable, flexible goals and timetables for increasing employment opportunities, specific
action-oriented programs to address problem areas, support for community action programs,
and the establishment of an internal audit and reporting system. Contractors receiving more
than $10,000 from the federal government must take affirmative action, and those exceeding
$50,000 must develop a written affirmative action plan for each of their establishments. The
plan must be in place within 120 days of the beginning of the contract. Employers
yet live in a gender blind society. Sexism perpetuates a cycle of unfulfilled aspirations among
women. Public policies are being scrutinized under ever stricter legal microscopes, and an
atmosphere of unease about the future pervades our national consciousness – “a future beset
with economic challenges from abroad, technological innovation at home, a demographic
revolution in our workforce, and a re-stratification of society.” Restrictions on women’s access
to and participation in the workforce include the wage gap and the glass ceiling. We will
discuss the following laws that have helped women make important strides in the workforce,
cracking (but not …show more content…
Executive Order 11375 meant women should no longer have to worry
about being discriminated against in the workplace in terms of being hired or released.
Executive Order 11375 meant that Affirmative Action (of Executive Order 11246) now
applied to women as well. Affirmative Action is an organization’s active effort to find
opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group (in this instance, women).
Affirmative Action plans must consist of an equal opportunity policy statement, an analysis of
the current work force, identification of underrepresented areas, the establishment of
reasonable, flexible goals and timetables for increasing employment opportunities, specific
action-oriented programs to address problem areas, support for community action programs,
and the establishment of an internal audit and reporting system. Contractors receiving more
than $10,000 from the federal government must take affirmative action, and those exceeding
$50,000 must develop a written affirmative action plan for each of their establishments. The
plan must be in place within 120 days of the beginning of the contract. Employers