EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES & DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT Are equal opportunities and diversity management interchangeable terms or different approaches to the management of people? In the UK‚ the labour market is becoming progressively more diverse which presents several opportunities and difficult challenges for organisations and managers to address. This mounting diversity of workers is accompanied by patterns of labour market inequality and discrimination. The purpose of this essay is to explain the
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2 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT In this chapter you will learn how managers must be constantly aware of the laws and regulations governing the employment relationship. This is true for both federal and state regulations. Many of these laws concern the fair and equal employment of protected classes of workers‚ although equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws pertain to all members of the labor force. You will understand from this chapter that equal employment
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Fair Innings and Equal Opportunity The justification behind fair innings and equal opportunity as an age-based rationing tool‚ contains the idea that it would be best to allow people an equal opportunity to live for a long time‚ by shifting resources to the young so that they may also ideally reach the arbitrary ‘old age’ figure‚ thereby maximising the life-years saved. Kilner argues that such justification is dubious as it “places value on the potential life-years saved rather than the actual lives
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Paper University of Phoenix SOC/315 Introduction At a subsiding workplace‚ a young female employee is assisting with closing up her section of a store. Going into the stock room alone‚ a fellow male worker corners her into a caged section of the area. Here‚ the male assistant makes unwanted physical and sexual advances towards the young and scared female worker. What can any person do who is subjected under these horrible workplace conditions
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)‚ U.S. agency created in 1964 to end discrimination based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin in employment and to promote programs to make equal employment opportunity a reality. It has since become responsible for ending discrimination based on age or disability. The commission receives charges of discrimination‚ investigates‚ and if they appear true‚ attempts to remedy them through conciliation. If conciliation is not secured‚ the commission
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Running head: Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Equal Employment Opportunity and Employee Rights Over the course of history in the United States there have been many laws put in place to protect employees and employers. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 are two such acts signed into law. Each of the laws protects
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CHAPTER 3 The Legal Environment: Equal Employment Opportunity and Safety Chapter Summary The legal environment is one of the critical environmental factors that affects the management of people. This chapter first describes the U.S. legal system‚ including the legislative bodies‚ regulatory agencies‚ and judicial bodies whose decisions affect the legality of HRM practices. Major laws and executive orders‚ particularly those pertaining to elements of discrimination‚ are then reviewed. Four theories
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management: equal opportunities approach and managing diversity approach. While the managing diversity approach focuses more on business efficiency‚ the equal opportunities approach concentrates on equal treatment of employees in a bureaucratic sense. The paper begins with definitions of both approaches; continues with explaining differences and similarities of both approaches comparatively. The relative superiority of the managing diversity approach for business organisations with respect to equal opportunities
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P4 –Explain how national initiatives promote anti-discriminatory practice Not every individual working in a health and social care setting is expected to know all the laws that promote anti-discriminatory practice in health and social care. However it is important to know the existence of the laws and principles that helps to safeguard service users‚ their families and the care providers as well. In this booklet‚ I will be explaining the term national initiatives with an explanation of how it promotes
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Affirmative Action: Equal Opportunity and Diversity for Minorities The term "Affirmative Action" originated in the United States and first referenced when President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 on March 6‚ 1961 (Infoplease 2000-2007). The term was used in the Order to mandate federal employers to take affirmative action to ensure employment practices are free from racial discrimination against minority groups. Executive Order 10925 increased diversity between minorities and whites
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