response to a notice received from the EEOC that a constructive discharge claim has been filed by a former employee. The employee alleges that our new company policy on shift work is discriminatory because the policy requires employees to work on a religious holy day. In the past, production employees worked Monday through Friday. Due to company growth, the production schedule was changed at the beginning of the year, requiring employees to work 12-hour shifts with four days at work and then four days
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environment which can cause great personal harm as well as litigation and liability issues. According to Walsh (2010), hostile work environment harassment is a form of discrimination burdened with conflict at the workplace. It can happen between colleagues of the same rank as well as between supervisor and subordinates, races, sex, religious sects, and ages to name a few examples. A person or persons are considered to be inferior and are attacked directly or subtly by one or several others in a systematic
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Discriminatory Claim under Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII, Constructive Discharge Research A. Constructive Discharge The former employee is claiming that he was forced to resign from his position due to the fact that he must work on a religious holy day. His claim is based on the feeling that the company has purposefully made his working situation unendurable through an, alleged, discriminatory work schedule change. As referenced in an article by Alison Doyle on About.com, titled ‘What
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a. Explain how constructive discharge as a legal concept is relevant to the scenario. Under Title VII and the ADEA, a constructive discharge occurs if an employee resigns their position after being subjected to unlawful discrimination then the resignation may be found to be a “constructive discharge”. Most constructive discharges take place when employees resign because their employer's behavior has become so intolerable or made life so difficult that the employee has no choice but to resign
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Picture Through discriminations of class and gender This photo displays physical activity inequity and is supported through the incorporation of class and gender discrimination. This photo is an example of physical activity Class discrimination Shoe Inequity in Opportunity? Ahead inequality of condition; (ii) inequality of opportunity Gender discrimintaition Symbolize inequity in power – holding all sports Ahead start why? – inequality of capability. Write
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as a trait. By definition, a trait is a distinguishing quality or characteristic that typically belongs to a person. Discrimination in the workplace can be a terrible experience for any worker to have to face. Currently, there are no statutes in the United States that protect trait discrimination or more so, tattoo discrimination unless it is affiliated with religious discrimination. In the workplace, there are plenty of cases of employees being discriminated because of their tattoos. In this society
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the organization. Every business wants to have diversity without discrimination. Unfortunately, discrimination still exists in the workplace. “Discrimination occurs whenever something other than qualifications affects how an employee will be treated (L. Trevino & K. Nelson, K., 2007, p. 69).” Age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, religious belief and any other factor that does not fit with societal norms. Discrimination is not only prevalent in hiring, but also in terminations and layoffs
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A GUIDE TO ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL This matrix has been prepared by a group of Catholics who feel that a systematic comparison of the arguments for and against the reproductive health (RH) bill may still serve some purpose at this juncture. It may help to bring the debate from the emotional temper which has characterized it thus far, to a more rational temper in which both sides attempt to comprehend each other’s perspectives. It is hoped that this presentation will
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Memo RE: Constructive Discharge _____________________________________________________________________________________ A. Constructive discharge was created to allow employees’ recourse if it is felt discrimination has taken place by the employer or another employee. To successfully establish this charge, the former employee must prove work conditions were discriminatory in nature. There are two general categories that could constitute constructive discharge. The first example is an intolerable
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educators, and various groups in my community have fought and continue to fight for equal rights and treatment for all races, discrimination still plagues my community. Diversity in my community is limited, the lack of diversity causes many of the citizens of my community to be unfamiliar with other races and cultures which leads to ignorance, which leads to discrimination. I have lived in Galion, OH for almost three months. Galion is a small city about one and a half hours from the state capital
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