INTRODUCTION
The changes in the occupational and work environment is South Africa has developed greatly in the manner that enhanced the employees’ freedom of choice, equality and fairness in the workplace. Previously(olden days) work was conducted in a dictatorship methods whereby employees’ only acquired labour inputs at the time they only needed them from the employees of which was not fair to employees as it displayed injustices. The past occupational and work environment failed dismally as it prevented the wellness of the employees in such a way that employees were forced to work more hours and did not get much benefits of working for long hours as they could not risk losing their jobs, because it was scarce to get work. And as for present
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Management activities includes educating the group and providing support for the acceptance of and respect for various racial, cultural, societal and political background. THE PAST REGIME DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT
In the South African occupational and work environment of the past regime the management towards certain employees was not fair in terms of humanity towards their work in the workplace. The variety of experiences and perspectives arose from different race, culture and religion as it was political influenced to be that way as black employees were treated in an unjustified way and were prevented from fully exercising their work at ease apart from work that demanded physical strength while the their white counterparts exercised much at ease at work environment.
The past regime managements at various workplaces in South Africa were individuals that were not highly trained for those managerial positions as they were placed via nepotism meaning according to names and some family backgrounds. This made it impossible to work in harmony as employees did not practise their own worth of self-satisfaction in the work environment. The employees were not motivated to produce more as the management skills were not there to keep the employee motivated to want to do
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As of Employment Equity Act, 55 of 1998, issued in terms of section 25(1) states that implementing affirmative action measures to redress the disadvantages in the employment experienced by designated groups, to ensure their equitable representation in all occupational categories and levels in the workforce.
When work provides employment equity to employees the employees find self-satisfaction so that the employee finds the worth of the work and is treated with no discrimination. This Act requires only fair discrimination as there are tests one should take before being employed and fairness in terms of contract matters.
In the democratic rea equality is being put in the fore front in the workplaces as they have realised the significance of it hence they try by all means to always remind individuals of the equality that employees or individuals need to adhere. By so doing the gap that was opened in the past will be closed as employees of different races would understand that they need to be a unit in order to produce productively in the workplace. Equity provides general self-motivation and a feeling of worth to the employees as the distinction of the olden days and present have changed to the
Ron Metzgar Instructor: Nathalie Brech Introduction to Human Resources 10 December 2014 The History and Benefits of EEOC In 1963 John F Kennedy saw that there were changes that needed to take place and so the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was born. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, also known as the EEOC was created in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that was created while John F, Kennedy was in office.
Herbert Hill strongly believes we should adopt a strong affirmative active action policies that mandate quotes and/or timetables. He also argues there must be some benchmark, and some tangible measures of change. Hill states a system based on race existed for many generations under the U.S. Constitution. This system defined black people as property not as human beings. In the Dred Scott Decision of 1857, Chief Justice Taylor declares that black people have not rights and they are just articles of merchandise.
The Equal employment opportunity act 1984 was passed through the Western Australian parliament in 1984 with the purpose of eliminating discrimination and promoting recognition and acceptance of men and women in the workplace. Some of the ways people can be discriminated against are due to sex, race, religion and age. During recruitment for example, employment should be awarded to the best candidate for the position and not because of sex, race, religion or age to name a few. When working we need to respect and accept our colleagues individuality's and treat them in a fair and professional way, treating them how we wish to be treated. If during employment an employee feels they have been treated less favourably then this can be grounds for a complaint to be made.
RESEARCH PAPER Affirmative action is a set of governmental policies which tend to give privileges to minorities who suffered from discrimination in the past by providing them with access to educational and employment opportunities. First nuanced by Franklin Roosevelt with war-related work, Affirmative action only became an executive order (10925) in 1961 under John F. Kennedy to ensure that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, creed, color or national origin, to which was later on added sex by Lyndon Johnson in 1965 (11246). From that day till now affirmative action has been a controversial issue in America, with some who find it fair and some other who consider it as a reverse discrimination.
She points out gender and racial diversity in a workplace help people bring their knowledge and intelligence together to increase team performance. In addition, people engage in more critical thinking and gain broader viewpoints when they hear different opinions from someone in a different
Explain the importance of demonstrating anti-discriminatory/anti-bias practice when working with children and young people: The importance of demonstrating anti-discriminatory/anti-bias in a work setting is to help prevent discrimination towards any individual children, members of staff or parents and to help promote equal opportunities. By helping to prevent discrimination and promote equal opportunities we are making sure that all members of staff, children, parents and other professionals who enter the work setting are treated equally and fairly and in an unbiased way. All work settings should have policies, procedures and strategies which demonstrate how a positive and inclusive attitude should be towards all individuals that attend the setting regardless to their age, gender, race, culture or disability. By showing this type of positive attitude each individual within the wor setting
This leads into everyone having an equal opportunity in jobs and
In 1941 (June) President Roosevelt signed the Executive Order (number 8802) barring government officials from engaging in employment discrimination. This was the first presidential action ever to prevent employment discrimination, so as you can tell it was definitely a very big deal. The United States congress established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 35 years ago. The purpose of this was to put into effect Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Promoting equality and inclusiveness should be core to any setting. It is, therefore, the responsibility of all management team and staff to implement this policy. The management team will visibly demonstrate its leadership in promoting an organisational culture which values equality and diversity by, Monitoring performance in the delivery of policies as part of each service area strategy review and an annual review of Equality and Diversity, Regular review of key policies and strategies, including equality impact assessments, to ensure that they do not directly or indirectly discriminate against groups of people, All staff members will receive regular training on equality issues. To develop services and facilities that are accessible, relevant and to the individuals that you work with, need gather information from service user, staff and other professional on, Competition in the local, individual needs, what changes can be made to improve the
In this milestone we will be looking at a few key items of employee and labor relations. Some items that this paper will cover are things such as employee discipline, performance management and employee and labor relations. First, we will start by looking at employee discipline. Employee Discipline: Analyze punitive and nonpunitive disciplinary approaches, and explain their impacts on employee relations. When talking about employee discipline there are two schools of thought.
In today’s era managers are challenged daily with disputes like ethics, diversity, working in teams, privacy, sexual harassment, and handling differences. Furthermore, these issues are discussed because they are constantly the debatable topics in the workplace. More importantly, handling differences and diversity is the current situations in the workplace. Moreover, a few managerial concepts must be considered, including selection methods, training and development, performance appraisal, and diversity management.
Body I. There are challenges to managing diverse work population. Managing
Today’s most business primary concern is retaining workforce diversity. Recognizing the importance of diversity in the organization and effectively manage to ensure the organization and its valuable diverse employees are growing hand in hand. Rising of immigrants’ employment opportunity, joint venturing business globally has equally brought an opportunity for shared values, exchange of cultures and intelligence to widen the opportunity for business enterprise and also a platform for employees to reach target goal.
Equality is important because students must feel like they have the same chance to succeed as the other students in class with them. Equity is meeting the individual needs of
Age Diversity in the Workplace Diversity at workplace is one of the prominent issues in today’s world. It is the challenging issue that managers face to manage at the workplace. But it gives the highest output if properly managed. By managing the workplace diversity, companies can increase the overall efficiency that results in higher output. Besides, it enhances the image of the company to become ‘Employers of Choice’.