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HRM Assignment - Gender Discrimination at Work

   

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Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Human Resource ManagementName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Executive Summary In the contemporary global scenario, women have progressed in all aspects of life, whichincludes personal as well as professional domains. However, in spite of progress and infiltrationof women in almost all the industries in the global framework, there exists considerable genderdiscrimination in the professional domain, across the globe, which primarily includesdiscrimination with respect to pay and positions. This, in turn makes the eradication ofdiscrimination against the female work forces one of the main challenges for the humanresources department of the companies across the world. Keeping this into account, the reporttries to discuss the problems which arises regarding gender discrimination in the workplaces,with reference to the an article by John Hilton, which emphasizes on the situations in theeconomy of Australia and the steps taken by the relevant officials in this aspect.
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2HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Article Summary..............................................................................................................................3Gender Inequality in Workplace......................................................................................................4Reasons behind the presence of gender pay gap in Australia..........................................................7Steps to remove gender pay gap: Human Resource Perspective.....................................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9References......................................................................................................................................10
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3HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Introduction Over the years, the global social scenario has experienced considerable dynamics andtransformations with the way of living, quality of life, general mindsets and social level ofacceptance increasing considerably. In this aspect, women have progressed substantially in allthe aspects of life, in a global framework, which especially includes the educational andprofessional aspects. Women, in the last few decades have progressed phenomenally, reducingthe gaps, which existed in terms of the privileges, advantages, and opportunities, which the twogenders of the society, received (Boston & O'Grady, 2015). Women are increasingly exploringnewer opportunities and are marking their presence increasingly in almost all the personal aswell as professional domains of life. However, though women have infiltrated in all the professional domains of the society,there still remains several aspects where gender inequality still prevails, especially in theprofessional domains of the society in the global scenario. The primary areas of concern inworkplaces where women in general face discrimination and remain less advantageous than theirmale counterparts are in the aspects of payment and position. In spite of women progressingsignificantly and becoming at par with the male counterparts, they still often are discriminated interms of acknowledgement and compensations in the workplaces across the world (Abc.net.au,2018). Keeping this into account, the concerned report tries to discuss the problems of genderdiscrimination in the contemporary workplaces and the steps which have been taken by theemployers to combat the same, from the perspective of human resources management. To
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