Preventing Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace

Running head: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission refers to an agency which has the duty
to enforce the federal laws in case any harassment or discrimination occurs against any employee
or job applicant in United States (Watson, 2018). In the stated article, it is seen that various cases
have been instituted against the employers where employees are subjected to racial, sexual or
even verbal harassment as it amounts to the infringement of the federal law.
In order to prevent the infringement of rights determined by the EEOC, measures must be
taken by the employers of the company. The employees and the human resource managers must
be trained about the EEO laws. In addition to this, a stringent EEO policy must be implemented
which is required to be embraced at the higher levels of the organization. An inclusive culture
has to be promoted in the work place by including a professional environment which will
promote personal differences. Moreover alternate dispute resolution can be allowed that will help
to resolve disputes at early stage (Sachs, 2019). Moreover, neutral decisions must be established
such that decisions on the basis of hidden biasness or personal stereotypes can be avoided. Lastly
open and free communication can be promoted which will help to reduce scope of
misunderstanding that can eventually get converted into legally enforceable EEO issues.
According to the policies prepared by EEOC, damages in the form of compensation are
awarded to the federal employees (McCann, Tomaskovic-Devey & Badgett, 2018). Usually
compensations are awarded for the suffering or the harm they suffer because of the
discrimination inflicted to the victim. Although damages given for discrimination consist of both
pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages but the Federal employees can only claim for
compensatory damages as they cannot claim for punitive damages. Pecuniary damages are