Discussion: Case Study :Going to the dogs
1. EEO legislation was prompted by significant social events. List those events and describe how they influenced the passage of various EEO laws. Cite and describe the major federal laws and court decisions that-affect the employment process of both large and small organizations. After receiving several complaints of sexual harassment, the HR department of a city library decided to establish a sexual harass¬ment policy. What should be included in the policy? How should it be implemented?
2. What is the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures? To whom do the guide¬lines apply? What do they cover?
Joe Alverez has filed a complaint with the EEO alleging that his employer, Universal Mort¬gage Company, promotes more whites than Hispanics into managerial positions. Explain the statistical methods used by the EEOC to investigate this adverse impact claim.
3. Understand how the EEOC affects compa¬nies and what you must do as a manager to appropriately respond to the administrative rules and regulations published in the Federal Register.
As a marketing manager, you have recently turned down Nancy Conrad for a position as sales supervisor. Nancy believes the denial was due to her gender, and she has filed a sex discrimination charge with the EEOC. Ex¬plain the steps the EEOC will use to process the charge; include Nancy's options during the process.
4. Affirmative action is both a legal and emo¬tional issue affecting employees and employ¬ers. Develop as many arguments as you can both supporting and opposing affirmative ac¬tion as an employer policy If you were asked to implement such a program, what steps would you follow?
1. If you were an HR manager of a company, what pet policy would you set and how would you implement it?
2. How would you decide the case of Elizabeth Booth, and which laws would you base your decision on? Explain.