Employment Discriminatory Practice
Employment discrimination is a burning problem in current society even though people truly believe they have already deprived themselves of racial, gender, age, or other prejudices (Cohn, 2009).
The story of one woman is proof of how gender discrimination in the workplace remains to be a problem. She is a successful lawyer with a Master’s degree and a several-year experience. Because of personal reasons, she had to change her place of living and work. Within a short period, she got an attractive proposition and signed a contract with a small company. She studied each point of the contract. There was no point about gender discrimination; she could not even think that such a factor would matter.
During the first deal, the woman was the only female representative of the company. The director controlled all processes. She was constantly interrupted by the director and substituted by other male representatives.
Her ideas were rejected, though some of them were interesting even according to the other participants’ opinions. The next several meetings were the same. When the woman decided to clear up the situation, she got an answer that her female views were not appropriate for the cases, and she was hired to show that the company got both, female and male, representatives. In a month, she changed the work as she did not want to look for official evidence of employment discrimination and did not find it necessary to continue discussions with such prejudiced male directors.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as a Strategic Resource
Nowadays, when a person needs to find some evidence or explanation of something, he/she addresses the Internet and surf the web. Within a short period, several interesting suggestions are found. A professional in the human service field can go to website and use the information offered by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission team. The structure of the site is not complicated. It is easy to get access to different categories and read the information available.
The content of the site may become a powerful strategic resource due to a variety of facts about employment discrimination. Legal examples and explanations are offered. Laws and regulations that can be used in practice are described. Current news and changes are mentioned on its Home page (U.S. Equal employment opportunity commission, 2015).
The point is that any employment discrimination case may become a real puzzle due to its complex nature (Landy, 2005). As soon as the puzzle is more or less clarified, it is possible to use the information on the site under discussion and get one or more solutions to the problem. It is easy to find examples of discrimination in the workplace, learn the definitions, and be ready to support the chosen position using the legally approved facts offered. Another helpful point is the possibility to contact the commission and clear up any point directly. As this site is a “.gov” type, all information should be approved by the government and considered to be valid.
References
Cohn, S. (2009). Race and gender discrimination at work. Oxford: Westview Press.
Landy, F.J. (2005). Employment discrimination litigation: Behavioral, quantitative, and legal perspectives. San Francisco, CA: John Wiley & Sons.
U.S. Equal employment opportunity commission. (2015). Web.