Badal (2014) Gender diversity is vital to any workplace. Not just because it's a commendable goal; it simply makes bottom-line business sense. Badal mentioned that hiring a demographically diverse workforce can improve a company's financial performance. Langbein and Stazyk (2011) mentioned that by managing diversity well an organization will attain satisfied, performance capable employees who are able to produce and perform gains for their organization.
A recent study of gender diversity in the hospitality industry of Turkey (Pinar, McCuddy, Birkan, Kozak, 2009) showed that Turkish Hospitality Industry is dominated by men, thus gender effect favors men. More than half of the middle management and upper management favors men. Also, the Food
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In (“Philippine Statistics Authority,”2014) reports that in the Philippines, the Functional Literacy rate aged from 10-64 years old is 88.7 for women and compared to men which is 84.2 therefore, there is higher functional literacy rate of women than of men. Moreover, there is women are more numbers of women who are educated than men based on the report.
The (“National Statistics Office, 2012) reported by Gender and Development Committee (GCOM) shows that in 2009, the percent distribution by gender workers in hotel and restaurants is 56.7 male and 43.3 female.
Republic Act No. 9710 (2009) also known as Magna Carta of Women promotes empowerment of women meaning there is an equal opportunities and privileges for both men and women. Non-discrimination in employment including benefits, pay increase, awards, based on their competency and quality of
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6725 (1989) is an act that strengthens the prohibition on discrimination against women with respect to terms and conditions of employment, improving for the purpose of Article 135 of the Labor Code by attaching criminal liability for willful commission of unlawful acts of discrimination. This includes: (a) payment of a lesser compensation to a female employee as against a male employee, for work of equal value; and (b) favoring a male employee over a female employee with respect to promotion, training opportunities, study and scholarship grants solely on account of their sexes. Also, Article 136 (Stipulation Against Marriage) declares as unlawful to require as a condition of employment or continuation of employment that a woman employee shall not get married, to dismiss or to prejudice a female employee who contracts marriage. Moreover, Article 137 (Prohibited Acts) makes it unlawful to deny or to discharge any woman employee for the purpose of preventing her from enjoying the benefits provided for in the
In the case of Anna v her employers, a case for employment discrimination was created when her supervisor Michael first violated company policy then refused to mitigate the results of that violation. Anna did her part by requesting that policy violations stop and then asking for mitigation when the policy violations resulted in a hostile work environment for herself. The company failed to address either the policy violations with the supervisor or the resulting actions of those policy violations. Case of Discrimination Claims of hostile work environment as a result of employee discrimination are on the increase (Saadem, 2011). Title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 is intended to provide protection and relief against discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, and religion.
Some employers agreed on equal pay that only allowed women to performed the same jobs as men “ without assistance or supervision. (Striking –Women) Inequality and discrimination) Anitha S. (2014) The women showed that they could work as hard as man and do the jobs just as well and In (Striking –Women) Inequality and Discrimination) 2nd paragraph) women’s pay was still 53% of the pay of the men they replaced and the semi-skilled and unskilled jobs were given to the women as “women’s jobs” and were exempt from the equal pay. (Striking- Women) Inequality and discrimination).
I. BACKGROUND The history of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (hereinafter referred to as Title VII) is very intriguing. It is connected with a southern filibuster against federal civil rights legislation in the United States. This southern filibuster ended by the U.S. Congress for the first time in June 1964, while, on July 2, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law (Arnesen 2007, p. 251). Given this, Title VII, Equal Employment Opportunity, should be considered the most significant part of the whole Civil Rights Act of 1964, because Title VII stimulated visible rise in minority and women group employment.
Law on Gender Discrimination The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned job discrimination based on
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.
During and after the Civil War, women’s demand in job keeps increasing. They desired to work and be independent, which means they tried to have more identities, except for housewife. Moreover, they desired to own equal pay and equal opportunities in workplace, compared to men. Quested for decades, Congress finally passes the Equal Pay Act of 1963, as part of Fair Labor Standard Act of 1938, for prohibiting employers wage discriminating employees based on gender. Equal Pay Act of 1963 specifically regulates that “No employer having employees subject to any provision of this section shall discriminate, within any establishment in which such employees are employed..at which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility, and which requires equal similar working conditions”.
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
Equality among people justifies the development of human civilization. The history witnesses how people mistreated the others and how other people fought for freedom. It proves a permanent truth that the more civilized the people are, the less inequality would be promoted. However, there was no one period in the past, even now, without inequality completely. The slavery issue in the West and the gender inequality in the East both brought unimaginable damage for not only the groups of people who were mistreated, but also the society which is supposed to be peaceful, fair and justice.
- Diversity brings a variety of ideas and viewpoints to the organisation especially when creative problem solving is required. - Diversity increases passionate workers and makes work fun and
Some women are intelligent to do what is considered only men can do. Besides receiving the equal education, some women also become the representatives of the government and present their words to against with other representatives. They have the right to participate in the decision of a state. Moreover, In South Korea and Taiwan, the president is women. We can see that the change of women social status through these 200
Nowadays, workforce in hospitality becomes diverse because employees come from many countries. For instance, an organization can include employees come from America, France or Vietnam… Then creates a challenging issue for managers is how to manage well a diverse workforce. There are many researches were conducted in order to help managers to find out solutions for managing cultural diversity in workforce in hospitality industry successfully. Current situation of Cultural Diversity in the workplace in Hospitality Industry Because of globalization, organizations in hospitality field not only compete with domestic market but also foreign market. Globalization is one of the causes that contributed most to workforce diversity.
We live and work in a diverse world, consists of people with divergent backgrounds with different needs and preferences. This multicultural world brings out the potential on improvement and efficient, but also comes with that are the challenges. Workforce diversity acknowledges the reality that people differ in many ways, visible or invisible, mainly age, gender, marital status, social status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, personality, ethnicity and culture (Kossek, Lobel & Brown, 2005). The culture of an organisation plays a big role in the performance and sustainability of an organisation, and it is also important to the well-being of its employees.
This law must help in minimizing the wage gap, in which salaries will no more be based on the gender of the employee. Moreover, by this law, salaries will represent the effort the employee puts, and the qualifications he/she have, regardless of his/her
Successful strategies link diversity progress directly to business results. (www.diversityinc.com/diversity-management) Diversity in the workplace means bringing together people of different ethnic backgrounds, religions and age groups into a cohesive and productive unit. Advances in communication technology, such as the Internet and cellular phones, have made the marketplace a more global concept. In order to survive, a company needs to be able to manage and utilize its diverse workplace effectively. Managing diversity in the workplace should be a part of the culture of the entire organization As a group we discussed diversity management and realized that the world is a big place and there will always be diversity.
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’.