employees who receive tips have a base rate of $2.13. Workplace safety and health At the national level‚ OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) is the entity that regulates workplace safety in the United States at the federal level. OSHA came into being in 1970. Before OSHA‚ there were a myriad of local‚ state‚ and federal laws that regulated workplace safety and health issues. Regulation and enforcement were sporadic and uneven. Workplace safety and health covers a number of areas including
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Bullying in the workplace is one of the most significant challenges facing companies today. According to the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention nearly half (49%) of all workers in the United States have been a victim or witnessed abusive behavior towards an employee (www.workplacebullying.org). Bullying in the workplace is similar to childhood bullying‚ but workplace bullies often operate within established policies of their companies. They commit deliberate acts against employees or co-workers
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Bullying in the Workplace: Who is Involved‚ What are the Effects‚ and Prevention Michelle Green Wilmington University What is Workplace Bullying? The word bullying is usually associated with playground taunting and teasing‚ schoolhouse villains known for stealing lunches and lunch money‚ or maybe high school “cool kids” picking on the “geeks”. Bullying however has made its way from childhood memories to real-life adult work settings. The epidemic
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Relationships on the Campus‚ in the Workplace‚ and Beyond I used to envy the “colorblindness” which some liberal‚ enlightened‚ white people were supposed to possess . . . But I no longer believe that “colorblindness”—if it even exists -—- is the opposite of racism; I think it is‚ in this world‚ a form of naiveté and mere stupidity. It implies that I would look at a black woman and see her as white‚ thus engaging in white solipsism to the utter erasure of her particular reality. —Adrienne Rich
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What is Business Ethics? "The concept has come to mean various things to various people‚ but generally it ’s coming to know what is right or wrong in the workplace and doing what is right this is in regard to effects of products/services and in relationships with stakeholders" (McNamara‚ 2006). In the past few years with the media highlighting business scandals and organization misconduct‚ a greater emphasis has been placed on organizations to conduct their business in an ethical
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Women in the Workplace Written by: Craig Beam- PP247 For several years‚ discrimination in the workplace has been a major problem. Discrimination is isolating someone on his or her physical appearance‚ gender‚ age or race. There are two types of discrimination‚ indirect and direct. Indirect discrimination might be a women being overlooked for a promotion‚ or an employee displaying inappropriate sexual material in the workplace. Direct discrimination may include a women being discharged
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The History of Harassment in the Workplace: The Responsibilities of Employers and Employees According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission‚ the year 2010 had the highest number of discrimination charges ever. Statistics that were released in early January 2011 from the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC) showed that the federal agency filed a record number of discrimination charges on behalf of United States employees. There was an overall increase of 7.1 percent over 2009. The
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relationships with whomever we want‚ I believe it is morally acceptable for a company to adopt workplace dating / fraternization policies. The company has the right‚ no‚ the obligation‚ to provide a working environment that is free of the unnecessary distractions that a workplace romance might cause and an obligation to protect its own assets. Having said that‚ people are people and there are bound to be workplace romances. Companies must determine how they are going to deal with the situation when it
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Workplace Diversity Diversity July 7‚ 2013 Introduction: Every day the global workforce is growing and for many years there has been big issues within the workplace. One of those big issues being diversity. Every employee has something very unique to bring to the company. The ideal company will have the best team players with great work ethic. In most cases a successful company holds employees that have different views which come in handy for big business decisions. In a growing global
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Title: WORKPLACE INEQUALITIES Every person has the right to be fairly treated in their daily lives and the workplace is no exception. Discrimination in the workforce has always been a well debated topic. Throughout history many different groups have faced inequalities in the workplace‚ and over time‚ with the changes in social views‚ different measures have been undertaken‚ by the different levels involved in employment‚ to eradicate these adversities. Unfortunately inequality during employment
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