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Trang 1Managing Human Resources
5 Canadian edition
Equity and Diversity in
Human Resources
Management
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Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should be able to:
1 Explain the reasons for employment equity legislation.
2 Identify and describe the major laws affecting employment
equity and explain how they are enforced.
3 Describe pay equity and strategies for implementing it.
4 Describe the Employment Equity Act with respect to its
origins, its purpose and its continued enforcement.
5 Describe how employment equity is implemented in
organizations.
6 Discuss sexual harassment as an employment equity issue.
7 Explain and give examples of diversity management.
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• The employment of
individuals in a fair and
nonbiased manner
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Government Regulation of EE
Women, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and
persons with disabilities who have been
disadvantaged in employment.
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Benefits of Employment Equity
Trang 7The Legal Framework
• The Charter of Rights and
Freedoms
• Canadian Human Rights
Act
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Bona fide occupational qualification
• A justifiable reason for
discrimination based on business reasons of
safety or effectiveness.
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assigned and gathers more facts
substantiation or non-substantiation of the
allegation
reach settlement or a human rights tribunal may
be appointed to further investigate and
determine settlement
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Trang 11Employment Equity Act Employer Duties
groups are under-represented
to its employees and consult and collaborate
with employee representatives
systems that may be limiting the employment
opportunities of members of designated groups
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Employer duties (con’t)
promoting an equitable workforce
plan
time
equity data and activities
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Implementation of EE in organizations
1 Senior management commitment
2 Data collection and analysis
3 Employment systems review
4 Establishment of a work plan
5 Implementation
6 Evaluation, monitoring and revision
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and/or bargaining agents in unionized settings
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Step 2: Data Collection
The number, titles, salaries, etc of members of
designated groups in the organization.
The distribution of members of designated groups in applications, interviews, hiring decisions, training and promotion opportunities and terminations.
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explanations and examples
by the relevant human rights agency
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Workforce Utilization Analysis
The process of comparing the composition of
members of designated groups within an organization against composition of the employer’s relevant labour market.
Underutilization: term applied to designated groups
that are not utilized or represented in the employer’s workforce proportional to their numbers in the labour market.
Concentration: term applied to designated groups
whose numbers in a particular occupation are high
relative to their numbers in the labour market.
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Attempt by employers to adjust the working conditions
or schedules of employees with disabilities or
religious preferences.
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Suggestions for an Accessible Workplace
entrances.
of materials.
machines, dispensers, and other
furniture and fixtures.
or provide alternative accessible paths.
and other needed equipment.
Figure 3.4
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underutilization
established, subject to restrictions due to
collective agreements, etc
timetables, explanations about the proposed
improvements in the hiring, training and
promotion of designated groups to increase their representation and distribution throughout the
organization
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Establishment of a workplan (con’t)
numerical goals
procedures to follow program implementation
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Step 6: Evaluation, Monitoring and Revision
• Need annual progress
reports
• Interim reports on special
projects
Trang 25Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Harassment
and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual
nature in the working environment.
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Sexual harassment behaviours
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Highlights in HRM
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Highlights in HRM
Highlights in HRM
Highlights 3.10
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• The optimization of an
organization's multicultural workforce in order to reach business objectives
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• Mandatory
• Organizations do it to
comply with law as well as
it is the right thing to do
• Mostly limited to the four
designated groups
• Voluntary
• Organizations do it to gain
a competitive advantage
• Broader and more
complex and may include lifestyle, etc.
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