Task: When employees engage in improper workplace conduct, their employers are subject to liability. Not only can employers be held liable for employee torts, but they can also be held liable for other legal violations, such as discrimination. HR professionals need to be aware of these liabilities and help to educate employees about appropriate workplace conduct.
Begin your project paper by briefly summarizing several forms of employment discrimination.
Assess how employment discrimination affects organizations.
Next, select one type of employment discrimination to examine thoroughly.
Identify the tort law and case law applicable to this type of employment discrimination.
Analyze how the tort law and case law support equity and discourage employment discrimination.
Create a workplace job aid regarding best practices for preventing the type of discrimination you investigated.
Apply tort theory to workplace and non-workplace employment discrimination scenarios.
Highlight best practices that employers can use to encourage equity in the workplace.
The discrimination issues that I am researching are:
- Age Discrimination
- Race Discrimination
- Retaliation Discrimination
- Sexual Orientation
The one type that I have decided to examine in more depth is Sexual Orientation discrimination.
Provide an annotated bibliography.