Assessment 1 critical analysis

Assessment 1 Individual Project – Critical Analysis

Workforce Diversity Policy

Effectiveness

Recommendations

Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal employment opportunity is the policy that gives all employees the equal rights and opportunities in a workplace. It is essentially created to reduce the amount of discrimination and unfair treatment in the workplace. Employers cannot have any bias in the decision of employment and must give the opportunities to the people that deserve it the most. Discrimination and bias employment will affect many people’s wellbeing and self-esteem. It is important that people with the right credentials and experience are given the opportunities that they deserve and did not miss out due to being discriminated on unfairly.

There are many aspects to the Equal Employment Opportunity policy that relate to HR management. Things like:

Making sure that there is no bias to the decisions relating to management

The person that is most suited for the job is chosen

Making sure that staff with the right skills are being kept

Respecting the origins and cultural backgrounds of everyone in the workplace

All workplaces are acting fairly and justly

Making sure that the employer is making decisions that keep the staff satisfied and content about the workplace

Making sure no one in the workplace is treated unfairly

The Equal Employment Opportunity policy was created in relation to the anti-discrimination act of 1977. This was when many disadvantaged groups were given equal rights and responsibilities. These Equal Employment opportunity groups were groups such as Females, Indigenous aboriginals, and other ethnic minority groups. Even the extremely disadvantaged such as the elderly, disabled and pregnant women were protected by the Equal Employment Opportunity policy.

Discrimination

Without fully understanding what discrimination is, it is difficult to understand how the Equal Employment Opportunity policy is trying to achieve. In 2009, the Fair Work Act was created which stopped the act of people treating others wrongly due to the following things:

age

pregnancy

family or carer’s responsibilities

national extraction

physical or mental disability

political opinion

gender

religion

sexual preference

race

Social origin.

colour

marital status

Looking at the List above, it is obvious that there are many things that can be classified as discrimination, however the following list are some of the actions that should not occur because of the above.

Letting an employee go

Reducing or just not giving an employee a pay or leave that they are entitled for

Rejecting an applicant

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Rejecting an applicant

Not treating an employee that same as the rest

Giving an employee a different set of terms and conditions that will negatively affect the employee

And these are some real examples

Receiving rejection while applying for a job vacancy

Receiving a wage that is lower than others with the same position and experience

Receiving abuse from anyone in the workplace due

Being isolated or rejected from social groups

Being allocated more difficult tasks for no reason

Not being given the promotional opportunities or training

Discrimination can occur at any point of an employee’s career. This includes, during application, before starting the job, during the job and after the job.

Anti-Discrimination

Australia has made it against the law to discriminate. This law was created in 1984 and has been strictly emphasised in every business. Discrimination can happen basically everywhere in the world however before these acts only applied to companies and businesses. In recently times, the anti-discrimination has become part of society, including friends, schools, shops and other social events.

Aims of the Equal Employment Opportunity

Making sure that the talents and capabilities of employees are fully appreciated and used to make management decisions

Improving service and quality of staff

Improving work productivity by implementing better work conditions

Outcomes of the Equal Employment Opportunity

It will allow workers to work at their best capacity

Recognise the fellow staff members

Give respect to all cultures and backgrounds

Ensure that there is no support for discrimination

Responsibilities for Employers

Ensuring that all staff are treated fairly

Giving the staff all the necessary equipment and information to do their job effectively

Giving all staff equal opportunities

Provide training courses

Affirmative Action

Affirmative action is known in a lot of countries for different names. It is generally the policies that monitor and govern the groups that are treated unfairly.

Racial Discrimination Act

The definition of racial discrimination is very important. In this report there has already been a detailed explanation of discrimination. Racial discrimination is defined as an act of treating a person in a more negatively way than others because of their racial characteristics.

A very good example of direct and purposeful discrimination is that a Real Estate agent that did not a person to rent a house because of their nationality. It is also possible to indirectly discriminate against a certain group of people that making rules that affect their work. A good example of this would be, that every staff cannot wear…

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