CHAPTER 3 EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY LEGAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT CHAPTER Overview This chapter describes the influences of the legal environment on HRM. Particular attention is paid to EEO programs that are designed to eliminate bias in HRM programs‚ especially as they apply to women and minorities. In my opinion using the analogy of the human body‚ the law is the “head” vital to the rest of the body. Likewise adherence to the law‚ and legal knowledge is vital to HR
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stanford.edu/entries/affirmative-action/ Affirmative Action First published Fri Dec 28‚ 2001; substantive revision Wed Apr 1‚ 2009 owned exclusively by above web source “Affirmative action” means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment‚ education‚ and business from which they have been historically excluded. When those steps involve preferential selection—selection on the basis of race‚ gender‚ or ethnicity—affirmative action generates intense
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: WHY IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION SUCH A DIVISIVE ISSUE? Affirmative Action: Why is Affirmative Action Such a Divisive Issue? Introduction “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of it’s creed: “ We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King stated this in his famous “I have a Dream” speech in Washington‚ D.C. in 1963. Is affirmative action still necessary in United
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variety of socio-economic programs on its contractors as part of long-standing federal efforts to further affirmative action through federal contracting. Affirmative action regulations apply not only to minorities and women but to handicapped individuals‚ special disabled veterans‚ and veterans of the Vietnam era (FAR 52.22-35 and -36). For almost fifty years Former President Lyndon B. Johnson’s answer to “balance the opportunities” for minorities and women‚ affirmative action has attempted to eradicate
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Marielena Hincapie’s article “Let Us DREAM” from the Huffington Post‚ published December 10‚ 2010 explains the argument on the passing of the DREAM Act and how she and the DREAMers are hoping for a better future and that will happen if the DREAM Act is passed‚ Marielena is in favor of the DREAM Act. She is the executive director of the National Immigration Law Center she’s a public interest lawyer who protects the rights of immigrant workers as herself‚ she serves on the American Bar Associations
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discriminated against in the workplace in terms of being hired or released. Executive Order 11375 meant that Affirmative Action (of Executive Order 11246) now applied to women as well. Affirmative Action is an organization’s active effort to find opportunities to hire or promote people in a particular group (in this instance‚ women). Affirmative Action plans must consist of an equal opportunity policy statement‚ an analysis of the current work force‚ identification of underrepresented
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Part A: Questions on Affirmative Action What is Affirmative Action? Affirmative action can be defined by the set of public policies and initiatives designed to help eliminate past and present discrimination based on race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex or national origin (Sykes 2009). The focus of such policies and initiatives range from employment and education to public contracting and health programs (Wikipedia 2009). These affirmative actions policies have been established in response to decades of
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days when people could be denied employment‚ service or education just for being a minority. Nowadays‚ the college acceptance of many majority (white) individuals is at risk because they aren’t minorities‚ due to a group of policies known as “affirmative action”(United). These practices are implemented by colleges‚ mostly during the acceptance process of student applications‚ so as to increase the percentage of minorities in the student body. People often incorrectly label this as “reverse racism‚”
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Presidents and Affirmative Action In 1965‚ President Lyndon B. Johnson issued Executive Order #11246 at Howard University that required federal contractors to undertake affirmative action to increase the number of minorities that they employ. He wanted to ensure that minorities were recruited to have real opportunities to be hired and then eventually get a promotion. In 1969‚ the Department of Labor exposed widespread racial discrimination of the Construction Department so President Richard M
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Affirmative action is a controversial topic topic‚ especially in American society. Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or education opportunities of members of minority groups and women. It also means a similar effort to promote the rights of other disadvantaged persons. In America‚ affirmative action is for a disadvantaged group to have equal opportunities‚ regardless of: race‚ religion/creed‚ sex‚ national origin‚ and disability (OFCCP). Many surround the words affirmative
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