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    Anti-discrimination Law Question 1: [Sexsual harassment] Sue works for a company called X-Pest Pty Ltd. One day Sue walked into the lunchroom of the business. In the lunchroom was a number of male and female staff that were looking at the latest Queensland Netball Team calendar called “Chicks of Netball”. The players in the calendar were semi-naked. As Sue walked into the room‚ Bruce‚ who knew Sue was very shy around men‚ was pinning up Miss October on the staffroom fridge. As Sue came over

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    stands for the U.S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. EEOC’s job is to enforce the laws against discrimination in the workplace. The discrimination can refer to an employee’s race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ pregnancy‚ national origin‚ age‚ disability‚ or genetic information. They also protect employees for complaining about discrimination‚ filing discrimination charges‚ or being part of an employment discrimination investigation or lawsuit (EEOC‚ 2014). EEOC first investigates alleged charges in a fair

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    America is the land of opportunity‚ but to be fully qualified for the status‚ it needs to be "color-blind‚ race-blind‚ and gender-blind." Affirmative Action began as a way to stop discrimination‚ but as new laws have been added to it‚ it has become reverse discrimination. Everyone has the opportunity to be a great addition to society. It is an immense injustice for people to say that someone of a different race or gender is not capable of achieving the same status in life as a white male. Through

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    Australian Anti-Discrimination Legislation Australia is a muti-culture country‚ there are a lot of immigration came from the world everyday. Thus‚ avoid the conflict among individuals with different background is significant in Australia.Discrimination is one of the conflicts occurs frequently. In General‚ Australian anti-discrimination legislation is very effective in some ways as it addresses the different areas of discrimination- race‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ gender‚ disability- with specific laws such as

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    Discrimination is everywhere. Its limits are not just to race‚ nationality‚ or sexuality. One can be discriminated against for evert part of their character‚ including the way they speak. Language and speech discrimination is something we often look over as a nation. Because language is not just something that we acquire from the environment we grow up in but also a subject taught in school. Thus‚ the way a person speaks id often tied to their ability to learn and intelligence leading to a number

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    There were laws that all of a sudden prohibited rights of citizens based on color. And this‚ I believe‚ is the beginning of a problem that greatly shaped the growth and path of our nation. It’s a problem that still plagues us to this day‚ but thanks to the blood‚ sweat‚ and tears shed by many of our ancestors‚ it is not as prominent as it once was.

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    change throughout the extent of the novella. This affects the other characters in the story‚ not always in a good way. Additionally‚ particular techniques are used to create an atmosphere around these characters. The authors of the original texts are not particularly the only people that have a say in how these protagonists are perceived‚ they have been presented in all manners of ways; with directors (such as Roman Polanski‚ director of the 1971 adaptation of the play‚ and Clive Donner‚ director

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    Title VII Employment discrimination law was set up to protect employees from discriminations based on race‚ religion‚ sex‚ age‚ etc. A growing body of law also seeks to prevent employment discrimination based on sexual orientation‚ marital and/or family status. The main body of employment discrimination laws consists of federal and state statutes. There are several federal employment discrimination laws. Some of them are well-known‚ while others not so much. The Equal Pay Act of 1963‚ protect people

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    methods and techniques in which employers can maximize organizational protection against affinity related litigation. A1: Title VII does not afford any protection for affinity orientation discrimination. Where an employer could be involved in a lawsuit is when states have laws that prohibit affinity discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. With that said Employers should treat sexual orientation of its employees as irrelevant and only judge employees on the merit of their work performance

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    “Sometimes the most brilliant and intelligent students do not shine in standardized test because they do not have standardized minds”. Diane Ravitch’s quote presents a major flaw in our education system today‚ Standardized testing. It simply interferes with the learning process. Eliminate Standardized Testing because it places pressure on students‚ impacts instruction time and limits student’s opportunities due to their performance. Furthermore‚ Standardized Testing cultivates a culture of anxiety

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