Essays on Employment Discrimination

Introduction

In recent years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has taken a considerable change in terms of women's employment. However, while admirable changes are taken to bridge the gender wage gap, women in the labor sector remain to be at a disadvantage. It was observed that a majority of the MENA countries has sensibly capitalized in providing better education to women, yet most of these states have not tapped fully into the women’s labor force for improved economic growth. This demonstrates the gender-based discrimination that generally hinders women in the MENA region to impart their potential ...

Background — Setting and Issues of the Case

In 2008, 49-year-old Brian Schafer was fired from his job as a battalion chief with the Pompano Beach Fire Department in Florida. Chief Harry Small stated that Schafer’s failure to take charge at the scene of two different firers was the reason for the termination. Small also asserted that, when questioned about the incidents, Schafer had lied when he claimed that two other qualified firefighters were already in charge by the time he arrived at the scene. Supported by his union, the Pompano Beach Professional Fire Fighters Union, Schafer contested his dismissal, noting that in his 27 years ...

The issue before the court in this case was whether this standard of proof was the proper standard to be used in determining retaliation or was the appropriate standard the “motivating factor” standard. Or more specifically, whether a plaintiff claiming retaliation can win a claim based on discrimination being a “motivating factor” for retaliation or must the plaintiff show that the discrimination was the reason for the retaliation. In addressing this issue, the United States Supreme Court determined that the standard of proof used to allege a claim for retaliation under Title VII must be the but for test ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a milestone in United Stated labor law. It was the first comprehensive piece of legislation to prohibit employment discrimination by race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It also prescribed the allocation of federal funding to any discriminatory program at the State level. Additionally, it created the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which was mandated with enforcing anti-discrimination federal laws in the workplace as well as legislation that prohibit punitive measures against employees who complain about the treatment. The EEOC can also file a lawsuit against employers on behalf of victimized ...

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In a press release dated June 16th, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discussed the ruling in a case of employment discrimination against a female worker who developed a disability. The suit was filed against Liberty Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge LLC, Internet Auto Rent and Sales of Las Vegas Inc., and Internet Auto Rent & Sales Inc. by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission para. 5). It was found that the employee was wrongfully terminated after she requested to take a medical leave of absence due to her disability. The employee presented medical documentation validating the ...

Introduction

The Americans with Disabilities Act also called the ADA was signed into law in the year 1990. The act serves the purposes of protecting the civil rights of Americans with disabilities who are more that 50 million individuals in number. It further purposes to ensure that the disabled Americans are presented with the same opportunities in the social, political, and economic context as everyone else so that they can fully participate in public life. The act prohibits discrimination in all areas of life that include; employment, services in the state and local governments, public accommodations, telecommunications, education, as well ...

Introduction

Employment discrimination refers to preventing discrimination at the workplace on the basis of age, sex, nationality, religion, ethnicity, physical disabilities and various other parameters (Player 4). Employment discrimination extends to prejudice in terms of hiring and recruitment, promotions, compensation, job roles, termination, harassment and retaliation. The Constitution of the United States has formulated protective measures to ensure no employer practices any kind of employment discrimination. As such, the federal government has devised a multitude of legislature and acts, which prevent different sorts of employment discrimination. Some of these acts include employment at will, Civil Rights act, sexual harassment, pregnancy ...

American federal law bans all workers from all forms of discrimination at the place of work. This discrimination can get based on religion, race, gender or even nationality. It can also take many forms and shapes. People can make lewd comments on race or religion. They can also negatively comment about an individual trait of a co-worker in a manner that hurts his or her feelings. In the modern workplace, discrimination is still a significant issue of concern that employers have to deal with. An unfriendly work environment mainly encompasses primarily sexual harassment. People might have discussions that contain ...

Article Summary

In the article, Marger describes the demographic characteristics of Hispanic Americans and elaborates how they differ from Euro-Americans, and across the ethnic groups constituting Latinos. According to the article, most Hispanic immigrants arrived in the U.S. through illegal means from Mexico and South American countries. While the majority came in search for better economic prospects (e.g. Mexicans and Puerto Ricans), others, mainly Cubans, came as political refugees. Latinos account for the largest minority group in the country due to massive immigration and high birth rates, causing significant economic and political implications in the U.S. Generally, they display lower educational ...

Discrimination at workplace

Abstract A number of citizens have fallen victims of discriminatory practices at their work places. The effects of discrimination in the workplace may be so severe, some causing serious traumas and emotional problems. Discrimination at work place occurs when an employer takes an adverse action against an employee or even a prospective employee due to protected attribute. Such discrimination leads to inequality and unfairness in the workplace where some employees are denied basic rights compared to others. This paper presents a proposal on how to end discrimination at work place. The paper argues that ending discrimination in the workplace ...

Annotated Bibliography

Crooks, Robert and Karla Baur. Our Sexuality. Belmont: Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.

The authors Robert Crooks and Karla Baur discussed the various issues regarding a person's sexuality and how the society deals with these issues. In the issue on LGBT employment and discrimination, Crooks and Baur noted that the US military had held resentment and the position that LGBTs should not be employed in the corps considering the hindrances and distractions they could give to other military employees. The authors also noted that gays are usually faced with great hostility, and many were removed because of their sexual orientation.

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Discrimination in the workplace is a subtle obvious social issue that is pervades our society, but not addressed as a dysfunction. It would appear that normal to refuse an applicant due to their ethnicity, sexual orientation gender or merely the perception of the person conducting the interview. Importantly, it exits also as hindering an employee’s promotional opportunities for reasons other than his/her performance. Rather it could be persons’ cultural orientation or simply dislike from administration due to their specific biases. This presentation addresses workplace discrimination and what ...

Does everyone in America have an equal shot to reach one true potential?

The ‘American Dream’, an idea that has its roots in the U.S. Declaration of Independence asserts that all human beings are equal, and their creator endows everyone with certain undeniable rights such as life, pursuit of Happiness and Liberty. Every American citizen has the freedom and individual opportunity to prosper and be successful by working hard. Life should be better and fuller for every individual depending on his ability regardless of social class or birth circumstances (Eileen et al, “Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health”). However, these sets of ideals are not achievable because of the societal structure in the ...