Introduction
Workplace management is constantly gaining a considerable amount of interest among researchers and practitioners especially with the current awareness of workplace policies. In the current business world setting, employers are trying to catch employees’ attention by claiming to be driven by the “equal opportunity” slogan which implies that once a person becomes an employee in that organization, they will be treated without harassment or discrimination regardless of religion, race, age, sex, race or nationality (Deery, Walsh & Guest, 2011). Any work place that is free from discrimination and harassment is not only important for better performance of the business but it is also part of the law. According to the federal and state
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For instance, an employer may decide to come up with workplace rules or policies or even practices the may seem to favor every individual (Dipboye & Colella, 2013). However if such practices and policies are carefully looked into, they work unfairly against persons with particular personal characteristics. A good example of indirect discrimination is when an employer comes with a routine requiring all the employees to work for 14 hours a day. At a glance this seems to be fair for all workers but after giving it a thought, employees with families or sensitive caring responsibilities will be at disadvantaged position (Bowen, Edwards & Lingard, 2013). Every type of personal characteristic can lead to an individual being discriminated in one way or another.
Workplace Harassment and Discrimination Statistics: Case Study Australia
During the recently past decades, women have taken to themselves to make significant steps aiming to achieve a significant level of equality with men especially in the workplaces. This is one of the main reasons why the number of women in workplaces who are taking up roles and becoming role models for other women is constantly increasing. Sexual discrimination has been one of the most mentioned forms of discrimination not only in Australia but
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Prejudice and discrimination have been ubiquitous throughout human history, so the battle against them seems to have no end. Most people believe that there is an inverse relationship between education and prejudice which indicates the higher education may increase the tolerance; that would wipe out prejudice. Although education plays such an important role, it is considered as one of various efforts to fight against prejudice and discrimination. In other words, it would be challenging and difficult for education to be alone in the battle of curing the world of prejudice and discrimination.
“The Sex Discrimination Act of 1984 proposed that the act prohibits the discrimination on the basis of sex, pregnancy in a variety of areas within work, accommodation, education, the provision of goods, facilities and services etc.” The Sex Discrimination act seeks to protect the grounds of both women and men in all areas of work. It’s true that achieving gender equality in Australia is at a stand still. Despite that Australia has set in accepting women as equal as their male counterparts, which is in one way of moving toward to the future of true gender
The Merriam Webster Dictionary (2015) defines disgust as “annoyance and anger that you feel toward something because it is not good, fair, or appropriate.” Lastly it defines apprehension as “the act or power of perceiving or comprehending.” Unfortunately these words are used to quantify how employers treat disabled employees. With such contempt towards this large base of employees the question that’s inevitable is “can unions help fix the wrongs that are being committed”. During the course of this paper we will explore the issues that employees and employers are facing in the current work environment. Lastly, we will dive into the question of unions being
There has always been a certain status quo when it comes down to getting hired in todays’ society. Many people do not realize that there can be many qualities derived from those who are different than the “norm”. With the workforce rapidly growing there is a demand for acceptance that can no longer be avoided. America has become the melting pot of the world, but there is still a lot of resistance against people who do not look like the average worker. In this paper, I will analyze the different barriers faced by the “outcasts” and how companies should approach these situations.
The statistics of today show its still racism in the United States with hate crimes of 47 percent including police brutality, salary wage between men and women, mass incarceration with young men in prison who in this economy have little advantages if they have a family to support can’t. Justice has not been served for individuals who experience racism encounters either with the police or being murder for the color of your skin. Racial Discrimination applies to specific economic and social opportunities that influence others to think or behave negatively.
Racism can take on many forms that plague the brain with irrationality that affects an individual’s thoughts and actions. Racism can be a physical form, through an external action, or can branch off into unethical thoughts. This is more known to be a discriminative thought, judging a person based on impressions. This social problem can also be ignored by the oblivious persons of the crowd. Many individuals speak out about how racial tension is long gone and forever forgotten ever since the first African-American was elected to be president in 2008, but this can be evidently proven false. Racial tension is still here to target the minorities in the forms of affirmative action and Ferguson conflicts.
There are a range of strategies managers could use to minimise instances of dysfunctional discrimination occurring in their workplace. These selected strategies aim to reduce the frequency of dysfunctional discrimination, rather than the severity. Some of these strategies include; a discrimination audit, enforced policies, selection procedures, and providing an effect complaint handling system.
Prejudice and discrimination have both been prevalent throughout human history. Prejudice deals with the inflexible and irrational attitudes and opinions that are held by others of one group against those of another. Discrimination on the other hand refers to the behaviors directed against another group. Prejudiced individuals have preconceived beliefs about groups of people or cultural practices. There are both positive and negative forms of prejudice, however, the negative form of prejudice leads to discrimination. Individuals that practice discrimination do so to protect opportunities for themselves, by denying access to those whom they believe do not deserve the same treatment as everyone else. An example of discrimination based on prejudice involves the Jews. “Biased sentiments and negative stereotypes of Jews have been a part of Western tradition for centuries and, in fact, have been stronger and more vicious in Europe than in the United States. For nearly two millennia, European Jews have been chastised and persecuted as the “killers of Christ” and stereotyped as materialistic moneylenders and crafty business owners (Healey, p.65). The prejudice against these groups led to the discrimination against them.
All over the world, we hear about people treating each other prejudicially depending on their background, ethnicity, or sex orientation. Workplaces should be free from all personal biases but unfortunately, we hear about employees being discriminated against, almost, on a daily basis. Workplace discrimination can be described as treating an individual or a group of people differently than others. It also can take more serious and threatening forms such as sexual harassment. It can be expressed in the form of offensive jokes, unwelcomed body contacts, inappropriate gestures, or even direct sexual contact.
For hundreds of years, racial discrimination has been occurring in our society affecting families and underprivileged kids. Therefore, the racial slurs and the actions towards one another is based off bias, where we grew up and how we were raised as a child individually. From past experiences, to our current lifestyle, there will always be a discriminate person or group protesting and starting new revolutions because of the hatred and undoing actions that have occurred in our past society. Racism and bias opinions are understandable because they derive from from a person’s cultural influences, exposure to dominant racial organizations, and the tendency to conform to expected stereotypes.
Work plays an important role in our daily life, it is considered much more huge part of our personal life. During our daily work we make many relationships throughout our career history. Sometimes these relationships become lasting, and sometimes employment discrimination might happen. This relationships that we thought it last could be cut off by the devastation of claims of discriminatory treatment. Discrimination in the workforce has been an issue since the first people of workers in United States in the present day and as well in the past. Some employees were subjected to a harsh working conditions, verbal abuse, denial of advancement,, and many other injustices. There was also the fact that certain employees were being treated differently than other employees.
Employers should know that they can reduce their potential liability for discriminatory practices by just a cursory review of their current policies and practices. This simple knowledge can translate to more objectivity and consistency in the workplace, thus decreasing employer liability for discrimination and other claims. By simply being proactive rather than reactive, employers can make improvements that may be the difference in whether an employee can prove a case for wrongful termination based upon discrimination.
Every employee wants maximise their salaries and benefits based on particular skills and the rewards available in different employment. Most employees also want to continue their employment (ACCA F9). However, when sexual discrimination was happened in a company, there...