HRM200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Occupational Segregation, Glass Ceiling, Reasonable Accommodation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Human Resources Management
• Course: HRM200
• Professor: Katrina Di Gravio

Document Summary

Differential treatment: different terms and conditions based on prohibited grounds. Discrimination by association: denial of rights due to a relationship with a protected group member. Employee: right to be protected from harmful practices. Employer: right to modify employee work terms for business needs. Employment equity program: correct discrimination and have balanced representation in the organization. Equal pay for equal work: males and females cannot be paid differently for the same job. Equality rights: section 15 of charter for equal protection without discrimination. Glass ceiling: barrier caused by bias that limits the advancing of qualified group members. Occupational segregation: certain occupations have been traditionally one gender/race dominated. Regulations: rules to enforce compliance with the law. Underemployment: having a job that doesn"t use up all of one"s ksa"s. Federal laws: apply to federal/civil service, crown corporations/agencies, transportation, banking, and communications. Tort law: judge based precedent/jurisprudences that establishes how similar cases will be interpreted.