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Religious discrimination

MR X AND MR Y
sales dept.

DIFFERENT BACKGROUND
work under 1 supervisor.

Talk in distance and avoid him in


social gathering.

He felt discourage.

X is Muslim and y is
Christian

Complaint to HR Manager

Next day
people
were
staring

Went to supervisor

Y decided to resign. . .

Religious discrimination

Disparate treatment

Lack of supervisor training

Breach of confidentiality

Employee should tell about his religious commitments


in time
Employer should accommodate the employees
religious belief or practices
Training of supervisor
Training of HR manager

Compensatory damages
( emotional pain and suffering)
Other actions that will make an
individual whole

Role of supervisor

Role of HR manager

How to stop discrimination

For human resource


department
Mission and polices----covers
diversity
Non-Hostile environment----supportive
Training and prevention
Anti-discriminatory polices----immediate action

Work place activities----allowed


religious prayers at work place
Communication-----exchanging
information on religious matters
Accommodation -------time off for
religious holidays

Equal Employment Opportunity Laws in Pakistan

Improved in Constitution of 1973


Article 26 says no person can be
discriminated against in the matter
of employment on the basis of race,
religion, caste, gender, residence or
place of birth.

Comparison with other organization

Same type of problem occurred


HR department take immediate
action because of proper procedure
was there
Provide anti discrimination training to
the supervisor
Active human resource software to
detect discriminatory activities on
the spot.

Must be flexible policies of HR department


Confidentiality should be maintain
regarding complaint
Build discriminatory software
Establish Proper process of complaints of
discriminatory activities

Discrimination is not exist in reality it


is the state of mind of people!!!!

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