I. Organization Overview: Established in 1978‚ Aarong is a fair trade organization dedicated to bring about positive changes in the lives of disadvantaged artisans and underprivileged rural women by reviving and promoting their skills and craft. Reaching out to weavers‚ potters‚ brass workers‚ jewelers‚ jute workers‚ basket weavers‚ wood carvers‚ leather workers and more. Aarong embraces and nurtures a diverse representation of 65‚000 artisans‚ 85% of whom are women. Today‚ Aarong has become
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Introduction: Well-being at work Well-being is the state of being comfortable‚ healthy or happy (Oxford Dictionary 2014). And the relation of well-being with the work can be defined as‚ creating an environment to promote a state of contentment which allows employees to flourish and achieve their full potential for the benefit of themselves and their organisation (CIPD 2007). Furthermore‚ workplace well-being relates to all aspects of working life‚ from the quality and safety of the physical environment
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Equal Pay Act There are many laws and regulations that govern how the American work force is compensated. In most cases‚ the laws are set forth to protect the employee against unfair compensation practices. Many of the issues Americans face today are the same issues that existed many years ago. Issues involving labor relations‚ unions‚ and men versus women are many of the same issues we face today involving compensation. The Equal Pay Act is on of great interest to me as it covers compensation
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are struggling from paycheck to paycheck‚ issues that address equal opportunity come to mind. Equal opportunity is a myth that exists in America‚ especially when these four factors come into play: education‚ gender‚ race‚ and family wealth. America is the place where everyone is equal and everyone has equal individual opportunities. That is what the public is made to think; it is a false belief. Most people who are poor are not well educated. Our nation is one that success is factored by education
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The Encarta World English Dictionary defines equal opportunity as "the availability of the same rights‚ position‚ and status to all people‚ regardless of gender‚ sexual preference‚ age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ or religion." In the nursery setting this would mean that each child should be guaranteed access to particpate in all aspects of the nursery setting regardless of their gender‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ social or economic status. A child that is denied access to fully participate in all that the nursery has
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disposition of a disability or religious need. The first of four session long projects will explore the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This paper will discuss the reasonable accommodation expectations‚ and who enforces them. It will also present two private sector workplace examples one religion‚ and one disability. Expectations and Enforcement Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals
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"Discrimination" means unequal treatment. Title VII of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 says that no person employed or seeking employment by a business with more than 15 employees may be discriminated against due to his or her race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ or national origin. While there are federal laws concerning discrimination‚ most states have enacted laws that prohibit it. These laws may have different remedies than the federal laws and may‚ in certain circumstances be more favorable than the federal
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urtThe Equal Opportunities Movement Orla McNulty and Cassie Walker The Equal Rights Ammendment * Alice Paul believed freedom from legal sex discrimination required an Equal Rights Amendment that ensured the equal application of the Constitution to all citizens. In 1923 she introduced the "Lucretia Mott Amendment‚" which read: "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction." It was introduced in every session of Congress until
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Account – Promote‚ Choice‚ Well-being and Protection off all Individuals. Promoting choice‚ well being and protection of individuals is a very important aspect of my role as a Team Leader‚ and I always achieve these by communicating effectively with the residents either verbally or in writing. I communicate on a daily basis with residents while delivering care‚ for example I always ask about their well being on a daily basis before assisting or helping them on any tasks as their well being is very
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EQUAL REMUNERATION ACT‚ 1976 [Act 25 of 1976 amended by Act 49 of 1987] CONTENTS CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Act to have overriding erect. CHAPTER II PAYMENT OF REMUNERATION AT EQUAL RATES TO MEN AND WOMEN WORKERS AND OTHER MATTERS 4. Duty of employer to pay equal remuneration to men and women workers for same work or work of similar nature. 5. No discrimination to be made while recruiting men and
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