CASE 20.4.2018
Fired for being pregnant: another kind of discrimination women face at work.
A Walmart fired a woman for being pregnant. They told her that she would have to apply for unpaid leave for the job. What Walmart did to Tomlison was discrimination, and illegal. Walmart also has a history of discrimination against pregnant women. (Strauss, E. 2018.)
Understanding equal opportunity and the legal environment
Employers should develop employment policies and practices that avoid the discrimination treatment against an employee, to avoid legal problems.
Managerial perspective:
- while making certain decisions, e.g. which employees to hire, how to compensate employees, what benefits to offer, how to accommodate employees with dependents, how and when to fire an employee, managers should always consider legal issues.
Challenges with legal compliance:
The law is very complex, and there is a lot of information you need to know, just with the HR laws.
You should never make decisions based on, race, sex, religion, national origin, color age or disability. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 110-114.)
The best way to avoid equal employee opportunity (EEO) problems, is by providing training. You should establish a solution process for EEO problems. Always remember to document decisions.
Manager's Notebook: an English only rule is not allowed, since it can be seen as discrimination, but there are exceptions to this in situations like e.g. when communicating with customers, co-workers, or supervisors, who only speak English, in an emergency or situation where it is essential to have a common language to assure safety. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 133-138.)
Working with organized labor:
If employees are not satisfied with their pay or hours of employment etc. the company can face strikes in a unionized industry. There are many different reasons why people join unions, e.g. believing in the social justice the union represents, being dissatisfied with certain aspects of their job, they lack influence with the management to make needed changes, they believe their pay and benefits are non-competitive.
A labor relations specialist, is a person in side the company, usually from the HR department, they help resolve grievances, negotiate with the union about changes in the labor contract, they also provide advice to the managers about labor relations strategy.
Some inportant acts: the wagner act, the taft-hartley act, the landrum-griffin act.
While collective bargaining, be polite and friendly towards the other bargaining team, maintain team solidarity, have some ground rules while bargaining, try to not to show negativeness and use silence as a key tool. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 492-527.)
Sources:
Strauss, E. 2.2.2018. Fired for being pregnant: another kind of discrimination women face at work. CNN. URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/01/health/fired-pregnant-parenting-strauss/index.html Accessed: 20.4.2018.
A Walmart fired a woman for being pregnant. They told her that she would have to apply for unpaid leave for the job. What Walmart did to Tomlison was discrimination, and illegal. Walmart also has a history of discrimination against pregnant women. (Strauss, E. 2018.)
Understanding equal opportunity and the legal environment
Employers should develop employment policies and practices that avoid the discrimination treatment against an employee, to avoid legal problems.
Managerial perspective:
- while making certain decisions, e.g. which employees to hire, how to compensate employees, what benefits to offer, how to accommodate employees with dependents, how and when to fire an employee, managers should always consider legal issues.
Challenges with legal compliance:
The law is very complex, and there is a lot of information you need to know, just with the HR laws.
You should never make decisions based on, race, sex, religion, national origin, color age or disability. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 110-114.)
The best way to avoid equal employee opportunity (EEO) problems, is by providing training. You should establish a solution process for EEO problems. Always remember to document decisions.
Manager's Notebook: an English only rule is not allowed, since it can be seen as discrimination, but there are exceptions to this in situations like e.g. when communicating with customers, co-workers, or supervisors, who only speak English, in an emergency or situation where it is essential to have a common language to assure safety. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 133-138.)
Working with organized labor:
If employees are not satisfied with their pay or hours of employment etc. the company can face strikes in a unionized industry. There are many different reasons why people join unions, e.g. believing in the social justice the union represents, being dissatisfied with certain aspects of their job, they lack influence with the management to make needed changes, they believe their pay and benefits are non-competitive.
A labor relations specialist, is a person in side the company, usually from the HR department, they help resolve grievances, negotiate with the union about changes in the labor contract, they also provide advice to the managers about labor relations strategy.
Some inportant acts: the wagner act, the taft-hartley act, the landrum-griffin act.
While collective bargaining, be polite and friendly towards the other bargaining team, maintain team solidarity, have some ground rules while bargaining, try to not to show negativeness and use silence as a key tool. (Gomez-Mejia, L.R., Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. pp. 492-527.)
Sources:
Gomez-Mejia, L.R.,
Balkin, D.B. and Cardy, R.L. 2016. Managing Human Resources. Global Edition
8/E. Pearson, pp. 110-114, 133-138, 492-527.
Strauss, E. 2.2.2018. Fired for being pregnant: another kind of discrimination women face at work. CNN. URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/01/health/fired-pregnant-parenting-strauss/index.html Accessed: 20.4.2018.
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