Gender Discrimination In The Workplace
Workplace bullying
When it comes to gender discrimination in workplace, bullying towards women is one of the most serious issues that cannot be ignored.
Unacceptable bullying
Under the Canadian federal and provincial human rights legislation, both men and women in workplace are supposed to be free from sexual harassment. Apart from this issue, workplace bullying also refer to “persistent and repeated offensive, unsafe, unwanted, or intimidating physical, psychological, or sexual behaviors that abuse power or control in the workplace” (Boddy, 2011; Hogh, Hoel, & Carneiro, 2011; MacIntosh, 2005). In 2008, sexual harassment towards women being reported to police was about 68% per 100,000 people, which was nearly 10 times higher than the rate …show more content…
In fact, every firm in Canada has rules and regulations to supervise employees’ behavior, such as Canadian Labor Laws. Yet those laws and regulations are usually not being taken seriously. A grievance sexual assaults in workplace towards women tend to be caused by co-workers such as a supervisor or a manager (Susan M. Hart, 2012, p.268), which is more likely served as a manifestation of power relations between genders. After all, Canada is a masculinized society in terms of workplace as almost every country in the world. Women potentially served in lower position than men in workplace and faced severer inequality in Canada. On the other hand, the nonfeasance of leaders and the negative responses taken by victims themselves invisible accelerate workplace bullying.
Stakeholders’ responsibilities
Gender discrimination in workplace towards women is a serious social issue and is not likely to change since Canada is a man-dominated society. Apart from some specific reasons mentioned above, the discrimination is primarily resulted from the lack of awareness and standard of society in terms of equality between men and women. This issue has significant influence on both individual and organizational level.
Individual …show more content…
Companies should hire or promote employees based on their capabilities instead of their gender. Certain organization culture and core values should be made to strengthen the belief of equality. Regulations and rules about the contact between men and women should be written on posters or bulletins to raise the employees’ awareness to supervise the impropriate behaviors. In a nutshell, it is not easy but necessary for companies to balance the misconduct social idea and legal rights.
In terms of governments, it is important to protect women rights in workplace by issuing effective laws or applying and improving efficient supervisory system towards gender inequality in workplace. Take maternity leave as an example. Government can offer firms compensations as maternity allowance to make up for female employees' leaving. As for the capital source, both women and men should pay the taxation for that most of them would eventually faced this problem.
Other
When it comes to gender discrimination in workplace, bullying towards women is one of the most serious issues that cannot be ignored.
Unacceptable bullying
Under the Canadian federal and provincial human rights legislation, both men and women in workplace are supposed to be free from sexual harassment. Apart from this issue, workplace bullying also refer to “persistent and repeated offensive, unsafe, unwanted, or intimidating physical, psychological, or sexual behaviors that abuse power or control in the workplace” (Boddy, 2011; Hogh, Hoel, & Carneiro, 2011; MacIntosh, 2005). In 2008, sexual harassment towards women being reported to police was about 68% per 100,000 people, which was nearly 10 times higher than the rate …show more content…
In fact, every firm in Canada has rules and regulations to supervise employees’ behavior, such as Canadian Labor Laws. Yet those laws and regulations are usually not being taken seriously. A grievance sexual assaults in workplace towards women tend to be caused by co-workers such as a supervisor or a manager (Susan M. Hart, 2012, p.268), which is more likely served as a manifestation of power relations between genders. After all, Canada is a masculinized society in terms of workplace as almost every country in the world. Women potentially served in lower position than men in workplace and faced severer inequality in Canada. On the other hand, the nonfeasance of leaders and the negative responses taken by victims themselves invisible accelerate workplace bullying.
Stakeholders’ responsibilities
Gender discrimination in workplace towards women is a serious social issue and is not likely to change since Canada is a man-dominated society. Apart from some specific reasons mentioned above, the discrimination is primarily resulted from the lack of awareness and standard of society in terms of equality between men and women. This issue has significant influence on both individual and organizational level.
Individual …show more content…
Companies should hire or promote employees based on their capabilities instead of their gender. Certain organization culture and core values should be made to strengthen the belief of equality. Regulations and rules about the contact between men and women should be written on posters or bulletins to raise the employees’ awareness to supervise the impropriate behaviors. In a nutshell, it is not easy but necessary for companies to balance the misconduct social idea and legal rights.
In terms of governments, it is important to protect women rights in workplace by issuing effective laws or applying and improving efficient supervisory system towards gender inequality in workplace. Take maternity leave as an example. Government can offer firms compensations as maternity allowance to make up for female employees' leaving. As for the capital source, both women and men should pay the taxation for that most of them would eventually faced this problem.
Other