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HRM6605 Legal Environment for Employee Decision Report

   

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Running head: LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEE DECISIONQuestion & Answer onEmployment DiscriminationName of the student:Name of the university:Author note

1LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEE DECISIONTable of ContentsAnswer of Lesson 1....................................................................................................................2Analyse:......................................................................................................................................2Management tips:.......................................................................................................................3Tips for Linda:........................................................................................................................3Tips for the company:.............................................................................................................3Reference:..................................................................................................................................4

2LEGAL ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEE DECISIONAnswer of Lesson 1Analyze:Employment discrimination is an unethical job done by employers or managementauthorities. According to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), theemployees are discriminated on the basis of their age, sex, colour, disability or other issues(Anderson et al., 2016). Different countries have implemented various legislations to protectan employee to be discriminated in the workplaces. Countries like Australia, Canada, SouthAfrica, and United Kingdom have enacted necessary Acts for securing the interest of theemployees. In the given case, it has been observed that Linda was denied to appoint in a postdue to her gender. In United States, there are several legislations dealing with employmentdiscrimination like Civil Rights Act 1964, Worker Adjustment and Retraining NotificationAct 1988, Employment Non-Discrimination Act and Sex Discrimination Act 1975. The Civil Rights Act 1964 is concentrated on the establishment of civil rights inthe workplaces and according to Title VII of this Act; no employee should be discriminatedon the basis of their age or sex (Guy, & Fenley, 2014). However, Title VII applies to thosecompanies which have fifteen or more employees and in case of public company, general rulewill apply. In United Automobile Workers v Johnson Controls Inc. 499 U.S. 187, USSupreme Court had decided that discriminate a women from hazardous occupation is illegaland against the policies of Civil Rights Act 1964. In Meritor Savings Bank v Vinson 477U.S. 57, the US Supreme Court decided that sexual harassment and discrimination is a directviolation against the Civil Rights Act. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 1988 have stated that incase on mass lay off, every employee should given sixty days advance notice (Lippmann &

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