Discrimination at Work: Case Study on Asda

Discrimination at work
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................................3
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PART 1............................................................................................................................................3
PART 2............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Discrimination at work or job discrimination involves practices in which an organisation
makes adverse decision against job applicant or employee basic right within an organisation. If
an organisation discriminate employees on the basis of any unfair treatment due to religion base,
sex, national origin, disability or other factors it is known as discrimination at work
(Thoroughgood and et. al., 2020). In simple words discrimination involves treatment of
individual less favourable as compare to other employees. Present report involves case study on
Asda, this report is being divided into two parts in which part one reflects the problem within an
organisation along with the methods through which this problem can be managed. While on the
other hand second part of this report includes the things that organisation could have done to
avoid this problem look at the strategy to effectively manage them.
PART 1
ASDA is a leading organisation which is performing its business services in the retail
industrial sector. This organisation offers wide range of products and services to customers. It
has been analysed that being a British Supermarket retailer this company extensively conduct its
business services with more than 165000 employees with an aim to serve customers better.
However according to the analysis it has been identified that, Asda find itself in a legal dispute
in which company is being accused discriminating employees on the basis of equal pay.
According to the analysis that has been determined that approximately majority of women
workers have filed claims in which they ask to be paid the same as compared to male staff those
who are performing their roles and responsibility on same position. In this claim woman said that
male staff are getting higher wages, it has been identified that this case is the biggest ever equal
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