COMM 203 Study Guide - Final Guide: Household-Responsibility System, Occupational Safety And Health, Hazard Analysis
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Chapter 2, the legal context for hrm and creating safe and healthy workplaces. Lo1: discuss the importance of valuing diversity and safety. Wider pool of talent and greater insight into the needs and behaviours of their diverse customers. May actively work to meet employment equity goals, which will be discussed later in this chapter. Reduces costs as there will be less injuries and occupational diseases, increase productivity. Lo3: explain the importance of human rights and the implications for hrm. Clearly make a distinction on the basis of a prohibited ground. Appear to be neutral but have an adverse effect on the basis of a prohibited ground. Different treatment of individuals when they are of a certain prohibited ground: bonafide occupational requirement (e. g. only females cleaning in female locker room) An employer"s duty is duty to accommodate certain employee"s characteristics so that they can perform the job. Lo5: explain the context for workplace health and safety.
