Human Resource Management - Assignment (HRM)

RUNNING HEAD: Human Resource Management
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Is HR doing enough to address gender inequality?

Is HR doing enough to address gender inequality?
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Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................ 2
Several Steps followed to reduce gap........................................................................3
Training................................................................................................................... 3
Avoiding Masculine language.................................................................................. 3
Ensuring Salaries at par.......................................................................................... 3
Why is HR important?................................................................................................. 3
Difficulties faced......................................................................................................... 5
Sexual Harassment................................................................................................. 5
Pregnancy Discrimination........................................................................................ 5
Major HR practises...................................................................................................... 5
Training and development...................................................................................... 6
Results and accountability...................................................................................... 6
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 6
References................................................................................................................. 7

Is HR doing enough to address gender inequality?
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Is HR doing enough to address gender inequality?
Introduction
Gender inequality is the situation where men and women are not treated equally i.e. they are
provided unequal treatment. The perception of the people depends on the gender i.e. if there is
male, the perception would be different and if there is female, the perception would be different.
Thus, gender roles plays a major role in any field either it is education or politics or health and
many more. The definition of gender equality is interpreted and has changed its meaning too. It
can be said that opportunities provided to the person are biased i.e. there is no equal
opportunities provided to male and females. There has been a huge gap between the
opportunities owned by the males and females (YKA, 2016). Gender inequality can also be
denoted as the gap between the male and female that takes place because of the differences in the
status, power and prestige that men and women have in particular group. Today though the gap is
decreasing day by day, there are still some major issues which should be prioritized as soon as
possible. . So, male and female are at the end boosting themselves to decrease the gap between
them. The gender gap issue is not simple and also cannot be easily removed. Thus it will need
some patience as well as time to eradicate it from root (Ackerman, 2016).
According to the research done in 2016-17, a data based on the workplace environment was
released by Workplace Gender Equality Agency i.e.WGEA. It was found that in order to
improve the economic condition of the country, many people are taking part in actions that will
address the pay gaps and difference in the genders. This is known as gender imbalances. It also
shows that nearly four million employees and 11000 employers are showing a great
improvement in terms of employer awareness. Today in many countries like Australia, men are
still earning more if compared to women across all the industry and occupations. One cannot say
it’s all about the choices that favours them and choices are like for the post whether one is a
manager or a scientist or a baker but it is all about the gender pay gap. The study also shows that
15.3% of the employees are still not working enough to reduce the gap. It will definitely take
time to reduce it to 0%.