EMPR 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Glass Ceiling, Visible Minority, Employment Equity (Canada)

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Legal context and hrm: canadian laws impact the employment relationship, human rights legislation impacts every hr function. Hr professionals must be aware of laws and legal rulings: a few major pieces of legislation to be aware of . Freedom of thought, belief, opinion & expression. Protects individuals who exercise their rights from retaliation. Correct under-representation: an overarching goal of employment legislation is to expose and correct discrimination in canadian workplaces, discrimination (partial or prejudicial treatment) can be direct or indirect (systemic) Direct discrimination may be justified if prejudicial treatment is a bfoq: generally, employers have a duty to accommodate to a point of. Undue hardship: still ok to discriminate (i. e. , differentiate) between employees based on effort, performance or other work-related criteria, some controversy surrounding employment equity in canada and other countries. Reverse discrimination concerns arise when an employer hires or promotes a member of a protected group over an equally or better qualified member of the majority group.

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