Mitigating Unfair Employment Practices
- Provide two examples of unfair practices in the following areas that you or someone you know has experienced or witnessed: recruitment, employment application, and interview process.
- Evaluate the extent to which the chosen technique or method left room for prohibited employment practices. Then, recommend key corrective actions that an organization could take to mitigate prohibited employment practices.
Examples of Unfair Practices
1. Recruitment: Discriminatory Job Ads
- Example: A job posting stated that candidates should be “young and energetic” without any legitimate reason related to the job duties. This was aimed at attracting younger candidates and unintentionally excluded older, qualified applicants.
- Evaluation: This job posting left room for prohibited employment practices by implicitly discriminating based on age, which violates age discrimination laws (e.g., Age Discrimination in Employment Act in the U.S.). Mitigating Unfair Employment Practices
- Corrective Action:
- Review and revise job ads to ensure that they focus on required skills, experience, and qualifications rather than subjective criteria that could discriminate.
- Train HR staff on anti-discrimination laws and ensure job descriptions are written inclusively…
Examples of Unfair Practices
1. Recruitment: Discriminatory Job Ads
- Example: A job posting stated that candidates should be “young and energetic” without any legitimate reason related to the job duties. This was aimed at attracting younger candidates and unintentionally excluded older, qualified applicants.
- Evaluation: This job posting left room for prohibited employment practices by implicitly discriminating based on age, which violates age discrimination laws (e.g., Age Discrimination in Employment Act in the U.S.).
- Corrective Action:
- Review and revise job ads to ensure that they focus on required skills, experience, and qualifications rather than subjective criteria that could discriminate.
- Train HR staff on anti-discrimination laws and ensure job descriptions are written inclusively…
Examples of Unfair Practices
1. Recruitment: Discriminatory Job Ads
- Example: A job posting stated that candidates should be “young and energetic” without any legitimate reason related to the job duties. This was aimed at attracting younger candidates and unintentionally excluded older, qualified applicants.
- Evaluation: This job posting left room for prohibited employment practices by implicitly discriminating based on age, which violates age discrimination laws (e.g., Age Discrimination in Employment Act in the U.S.).
- Corrective Action:
- Review and revise job ads to ensure that they focus on required skills, experience, and qualifications rather than subjective criteria that could discriminate.
- Train HR staff on anti-discrimination laws and ensure job descriptions are written inclusively…
