Physical Diversity in the Workplace
Running head: Physical Diversity in the Workplace
Physical Diversity
Claim
A physical disability is one type of diversity in the workplace because it can cause harassment, discrimination, and occupational hazards.
Physical diversity in the Workplace
. Diversity encompasses race, religion, gender, background, education, physical disabilities, and more. In life there are so many diversities that one faces. Unfortunately, the workplace is no exception especially for the employee with a physical disability. An employee with a physical disability in the workplace can be hard, but also for a co-worker and employer to accept .The employee with a physical disability may encounter discrimination, harassment, and occupational hazards. A physical disability can cause diversity in the workplace because people have a tendency to assume that a disabled person cannot perform as a person without disabilities can.
A physical disability can cause harassment in the workplace from co-workers and employers.
A physical disability can cause an employer to repeatedly contact the disabled to return to work because of questioning their disability. There are many physical disabilities that people have that cannot be seen by the physical eye. Some examples of those disabilities are lupus, diabetes, deafness, hard of hearing, and chrones disease is just a few of the disabilities. When an employer is not educated on the physical disabilities of the employee, then he or she may not fully understand when the employee has to miss work or unable to complete work assignments and the employer repeatedly calls and forces the employee back to work, which is considered harassment. A physical disability can cause co-workers to respond in a negative way toward the way the disabled have leniency. Harassment can come from co-workers who do not understand when special considerations and accommodations are made for the disabled. The coworkers may think that lenience is
Physical Diversity
Claim
A physical disability is one type of diversity in the workplace because it can cause harassment, discrimination, and occupational hazards.
Physical diversity in the Workplace
. Diversity encompasses race, religion, gender, background, education, physical disabilities, and more. In life there are so many diversities that one faces. Unfortunately, the workplace is no exception especially for the employee with a physical disability. An employee with a physical disability in the workplace can be hard, but also for a co-worker and employer to accept .The employee with a physical disability may encounter discrimination, harassment, and occupational hazards. A physical disability can cause diversity in the workplace because people have a tendency to assume that a disabled person cannot perform as a person without disabilities can.
A physical disability can cause harassment in the workplace from co-workers and employers.
A physical disability can cause an employer to repeatedly contact the disabled to return to work because of questioning their disability. There are many physical disabilities that people have that cannot be seen by the physical eye. Some examples of those disabilities are lupus, diabetes, deafness, hard of hearing, and chrones disease is just a few of the disabilities. When an employer is not educated on the physical disabilities of the employee, then he or she may not fully understand when the employee has to miss work or unable to complete work assignments and the employer repeatedly calls and forces the employee back to work, which is considered harassment. A physical disability can cause co-workers to respond in a negative way toward the way the disabled have leniency. Harassment can come from co-workers who do not understand when special considerations and accommodations are made for the disabled. The coworkers may think that lenience is