Part 1 of 3: What is the major law regarding employment discrimination, and who
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Question
Part 1 of 3: What is the major law regarding employment discrimination, and who is protected by this law? Part 2 of 3: Many people feel that there are simply too many laws and regulations governing how companies may manage their employees. These people believe everyone would be better off if we let the free market work without so much government interference. Other people believe that employees are not sufficiently protected against unfair treatment by employers. They believe employers would treat employees poorly if our laws did not forbid them from doing so. Which position do you agree with more? Defend your opinion and please conduct research to support it, citing at least one scholarly resource in APA format. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OTHER PEOPLE'S ANSWERS
Explanation / Answer
Answer to the first question:
The major law regarding employment discrimination is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law is federal in nature and it protects employees against discrimination on the basis of their race, religion, sex, color, etc. Under this law, an employer should not discriminate with his employees in respect of any term, condition and privilege of employment. He should also not discriminate with employees in recruiting, promoting, transferring, training, providing benefits, etc. on the basis of above characteristics. This law covers the public and private sector equally which have more than 15 employees employed with them. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is responsible for enforcement of this law.
Answer to the second question:
I agree that the employee may suffer discrimination at the hands of his employer if the laws did not forbid them from doing so. As per our laws and statutes, all the people are considered equal before law and they have equal right to employment despite of their race, religion, sex, color. The companies have to comply to these rules and work accordingly by treating their employees in equal manner. If these laws were not framed, the employees might have been subject to more discrimination at the workplace. They might not have been given adequate salaries, good and quality working conditions and environment, suitable incentives for overtime. They could have been subject to hard labor in return of improper remuneration with no holidays and paid leaves. The employees might have been put to more discrimination on the basis of race and color. They might have been put to work in dishonorable working conditions and hostile environment where they could have been abused every now and then by their colleagues or supervisors. Further, they could have been subject to low salaries as compared to other employees doing same job, thereby creating disparity in income levels. Also, discrimination in the form of groupism or favorism could create hostile working environment and may lead to agitations and discontents among the employees. The power could have been accumulated in the hands of few and they could have utilize unfair and unethical means of doing business. These rules and regulations enable the employees to get equal pay and benefits and stop their discrimination at the hands of their employers. One such scholarly resource is hg.org on employment law.