Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity

Effectively prohibiting all forms of employment discrimination based on race, religion, color, gender or

national origin

Affirmative Action

A practice in organization that goes beyond discontinuance of

discriminatory practices to include actively seeking, hiring, and

promoting minority group members & women

Steps to follow affirmative action

Organizations must analyze the demographics of its current workforce

Organizations must analyze the composition of the community from which it recruits

Organizations must establish goals and timetables for correcting imbalance and have specific plans for recruiting & retaining protected group members

Adverse Impact

A consequence of an employment practice that results in a greater

rejection rate for a minority group than for the majority group in the

occupation

Adverse treatment

An employment situation where protected group members receive

treatment different from other employees in matters such as performance

evaluations and promotions

Determining Potential Discriminatory Practices

1. The 4/5ths Rule

2. Restricted policy

3. Geographical comparison

4. McDonnell-Douglas Test

1. The 4/5ths Rule

It compares selection ratio for minority applicants to that of majority applicants

If less than 4/5ths (80%), discrimination may have occurred

Exhibit 3-3

2. Restricted Policy

Infractions occur when Human resource management activities result in exclusion of a class of individuals

e.g. laying off employees over age 40 while recruiting younger workers

3. Geographical Comparison

Characteristics of the qualified pool of potential applicants

are compared to

characteristics of employees

4. McDonnell-Douglas Test

Individual is member of a protected group

Individual is qualified for job

Individual is rejected

Organization continues to seek other applicants with similar qualifications

HRM in Global Environment

Laws affecting Human Resource management vary greatly by country

Current issues in Employment

Sexual Harassment

Glass Ceiling

Are Women reaching the Top of organizations?

Comparable WorthDetermining fair pay for both female

oriented jobs & male oriented jobs based on comparable skill, effort &

responsibility

Glass CeilingThe invisible barrier that blocks females

& minorities from ascending into upper levels of an organization.