Professional Documents
Culture Documents
EMPLOYMENT LAW
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Exhibit 7-1
EEOC Complaint
Process
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Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Plans
Require organizations to develop, implement, & maintain
program to make special efforts to insure workforce is
representative of the society where business operates
Required for organizations with 100 or employees and with
$50,000 or more in federal contracts
Filed with Department of Labor & monitored by Office of
Federal Contract Compliance
Considered temporary measures to correct underutilization
of certain protected classes
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Affirmative Action
Four separate sections
Utilization analysis
Employer identifies employees by gender, race, ethnicity,
religion, physical ability, & any other protected class
Availability analysis
Examines availability for employment of all protected classes
in immediate recruiting vicinity
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Sexual Harassment
Supreme Court rulings
Meritor Savings Bank
Sexual harassment is form of sexual discrimination
under Title VII
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Exhibit 7-3
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Sexual Harassment
Complications abroad
Many cultures do not acknowledge sexual
harassment as workplace or societal problem,
creating ethical dilemmas
Courts place responsibility on complainants to
inform harassers that advances or behaviors are
unwelcome
Burden rests with employer of establishing,
communicating, & implementing clear policy
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Reading 7.1
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Reading 7.3
In Defense of Preference
Gap between educational performance of blacks
& whites has persisted & deepened
Gulf exists between educational & occupational
status of blacks & whites, encompassing
Wealth
Residential segregation
Social relationships
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Reading 7.3
In Defense of Preference
We are two nations
One nation cannot be excluded from institutions that confer
access to positions of greatest prestige & power
Both nations must participate in society to some degree
What kind?
To what extent?
How long?
Imposed by whom?
By what decision-making process?
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