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Providing Equal Employment

Opportunity

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 Overview

• Diversity Management

• EEO defined

• EEO and Pakistani Laws

• Anti-Harassment Laws in Pakistan

• HR and Diversity Management

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 Diversity Management (cont’d)
• Workforce Diversity
– Human characteristics that make people
different from one another.
– The diversity consists of visible and non-
visible differences which will include factors
such as gender, age, background, race,
disability, personality and work style.

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 Diversity Management (cont’d)
• Diversity Management
– The set of activities involved in integrating
nontraditional employees (women and
minorities) into the workforce and using
their diversity to the firm’s competitive
advantage.

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 Diversity Management (cont’d)

“We value the contributions and perspectives of all

employees regardless of race, gender, culture, religion,
age, nationality, or disability. We will strive in our
workplace practices to deal with our employees,
customers and suppliers in a fair and ethical manner.”
Source: www.fedex.com/us/supplier/diverse/

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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Equal employment opportunity – the
condition in which all individuals have an
equal chance for employment, regardless of
their race, color, religion, gender, age,
disability, or national origin.

– The term ‘EEO’ is derived from the Civil Rights Act

of 1964 in the US.

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Equal Employment Opportunity (Cont’d)
• Glass Ceiling
– Discriminatory practices that have
prevented women and other protected
class members from advancing to executive-
level jobs.

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Equal Employment Opportunity (Cont’d)

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EEO and Pakistani Laws

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EEO and Pakistani Laws

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 EEO and Pakistani Laws
• Article 27 of the Constitution of Pakistan,
prohibit discrimination based on gender in
“Services of Pakistan.”

• Further it “make it obligatory to take steps to

ensure full participation of women in all
spheres of national life.”

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 EEO and Pakistani Laws
• Following Acts are used to determine working
hours and rest time in different industries:
– The Factories Act, 1934,
– Mines Act, 1923
– Shops and Establishment Ordinance, 1969
– Road Transport Ordinance, 1961

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 EEO and Pakistani Laws
• In 2000, the Federal government announced Labor
Welfare Package for Workers making it obligatory for
the organizations to offer gender equality including:
– Equal remuneration for men and women for work of equal
value through appropriate legislation.
– Safeguards against sexual harassment through appropriate
actions.
– Recruitment of female labor inspectors for enforcement of
labor laws on female workers.
– Extension of coverage of laws to agriculture and other
informal sectors of economy.

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 Anti Harassment Laws in Pakistan
• In March 2010, the government passed two
laws against sexual harassment in the
workplace.
• The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act amended
the Pakistan Penal Code and the Code of
Criminal Procedure, making workplace
harassment against women punishable with
imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of
500,000 rupees or both.
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Anti Harassment Laws in Pakistan

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 HR and Diversity Management

1. Diversity training programs

2. Support group
3. Day Care Centers
4. Flexible Working hours
5. Consideration for female/minority quota
during hiring

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 Class Activity

You have been chosen to serve on a high-level

committee appointed by the CEO of your
company. The task is to investigate gender
equity in the organization. The first meeting is
coming up and the chair has asked every
member to bring a list of gender equity issues
and concerns they would like to raise for
discussion by the committee.

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Questions and Feedback

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