the following paragraphs, I will explain why I believe that common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation. The United States government has developed several laws, regulations, and acts that set the guidelines for how employers are to treat their employees. These laws are regulated by several departments and commissions. The first such department is the U.S. Department of Labor.
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manufacturing lines and keeping up with productivity goals resulting in lost revenue and expenses. Regulations covered by the EEOC (Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) do include policies for ” Reasonable Accommodation & Religion” and the law requires an “employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs or practices, unless doing so would cause difficulty or expense for the employer” (EEOC, 2009). However we do not have to accommodate the religious employees beliefs because
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manufacturing lines and keeping up with productivity goals resulting in lost revenue and expenses. Regulations covered by the EEOC (Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964) do include policies for ” Reasonable Accommodation & Religion” and the law requires an “employer to reasonably accommodate an employee's religious beliefs or practices, unless doing so would cause difficulty or expense for the employer” (EEOC, 2009). However we do not have to accommodate the religious employees beliefs because
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The former employee’s constructive discharge claim extends from the possibility they may now have to work on a religious holy day due to the new schedule changes. The employee feels as if they were being push out of employment and forced to make a decision between their religion and work. The former employee will be required in court to prove that their “working conditions would have been so difficult or unpleasant that a reasonable person in the employee's shoes would have felt compelled to resign”
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The origin of affirmative action dates back to March 6, 1961 as an executive order signed into law by then President John F. Kennedy decreeing that an employer “not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, creed, color, or national origin" and "take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin". His successor, then President Lyndon B
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Affirmative Action By Holly R. Allen 5.29.2010 HRM/240 “Affirmative action” means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded. When those steps involve preferential selection—selection on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity—affirmative action generates intense controversy. In 1972, affirmative action became an inflammatory public issue
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unless it would cause undue hardship to the Company. The accommodation requirements are intended to relieve the individual from having to make a decision between their work and religious beliefs and practices. Any individual who believes that their employment rights have been violated may file a claim for discrimination. In order to prove a discrimination or retaliation claim under Title VII, one of the elements the employee must show is that the employer took some adverse action against him or her
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Act of 1964 states that “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employment agency to fail or refuse to refer for employment, or otherwise to discriminate against, any individual because of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, or to classify or refer for employment any individual on the basis of his race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (FINDLAW) This act was passed to help promote equal employment opportunities for females and minorities. The former employee
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Employers are not complying with the current EEOC laws as the pay gap is becoming wider, especially in some professions. The EEOC law should be changed to require them to conduct audits of employers with more than 100 employees, to assure compliance with the law. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was updated in 1963 when congress passed the Equal Pay Act, clearly stating that employers cannot discriminate on the basis of sex by paying wages for equal work less than wages paid to the opposite sex
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