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EEOC Guidelines: Valuable Fundamentals You Need To Know

Course Ministry

Any discrimination against an employee or a job applicant, due to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, etc., It may file lawsuits on behalf of individuals or groups when any discrimination is found. ” How Does the EEOC Help Combat Workplace Discrimination? These laws stop discrimination at work.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

Ongig

They include racial bias in job descriptions, candidate screening, interviewing, job offers, and background checks. Racial Bias in Candidate Screening. The 2004 field experiment on labor market discrimination answers the question, “Are Emily and Greg More Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal?” Accent Bias.

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Book Review: Applied Psychology in Talent Management (8th ed.) by Wayne Cascio and Herman Aguinis

Workplace Psychology

At the beginning of the book, the authors provided this confusing definition of adverse impact: “Adverse impact (unintentional) discrimination occurs when identical standards or procedures are applied to everyone, even though they lead to a substantial difference in employment outcomes (e.g., 8]; (2) recruitment [Ch. 8]; (2) recruitment [Ch.

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Understand Important Trends in Recruiting and Hiring in 10 Minutes

Paycor

For detailed action plans on how to find more qualified talent, leverage big data in the recruiting process, and how to use social media and marketing in the hiring process check out our executive summary. Using data to inform your hiring decisions. Applicant Screening. What’s your magic hiring metric? No more “gut hires.”

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Maryland Court to EEOC: You Snooze, You Lose Out On Enhanced Damages

HR Daily Advisor

district court in Baltimore declined to award the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) retroactive or prospective monetary relief in an age discrimination case in which the agency claimed that Baltimore County had improperly calculated pension fund contributions. Background facts. In a significant decision, The U.S.

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How Far Does Your Organization Need to Go to Accommodate a Pregnant Worker?

Astron Solutions

In 2006, Peggy Young worked for UPS as a pickup and delivery worker while she was pregnant. Some Background Information. Young sued UPS based on what she felt was pregnancy discrimination. UPS argued that its policy did not discriminate due to her pregnancy and is based on workers’ compensation status.

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Here come the Pastafarians: Will you have to accommodate them?

HR Morning

A little background. In 2006, Henderson published the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a spoof on religion and the concept of intelligent design. The information provided by an employee to satisfy your request could take many forms. The information provided by an employee to satisfy your request could take many forms.