Purchase Solution

Workplace Discrimination in the United States

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Please describe "discrimination" as defined in the United States. Then answer the following:

1. What are the employee workplace rights mandated by U.S. Federal law?

2. Briefly discuss at least two controversial issues concerning workplace rights (other than monitoring email). Please provide real-life examples to illustrate points.

3. In addition, discuss the issue of workplace privacy. Specifically, do employees have the right to expect privacy in their email conversations, or do companies have a right and/or responsibility to monitor email?

Please cite resources. Thank you.

Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This solution discusses aspects of workplace "discrimination" as defined in the United States. This solution identifies the federal laws that deal with job discrimination, discusses employee workplace rights, drug testing and the sharing of genetic information in regards to hiring and firing discrimination. This solution also discusses email privacy.

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
SWOT

This quiz will test your understanding of the SWOT analysis, including terms, concepts, uses, advantages, and process.

Understanding the Accounting Equation

These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.

MS Word 2010-Tricky Features

These questions are based on features of the previous word versions that were easy to figure out, but now seem more hidden to me.

Team Development Strategies

This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.

Cost Concepts: Analyzing Costs in Managerial Accounting

This quiz gives students the opportunity to assess their knowledge of cost concepts used in managerial accounting such as opportunity costs, marginal costs, relevant costs and the benefits and relationships that derive from them.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • Explanation of sexual orientation discrimination

    Compare these provisions with those in the United States. Do any of these provisions surprise you? Are there any provisions that you think should be implemented in the United States?

  • Age Discrimination in the Workplace/ Older Workers

    484538 ageism in the workplace Conduct a brief search on the topic of ageism in the workplace. â?¢ What evidence suggests that age discrimination exists in the United States workplace?

  • Supreme Court's stand on reverse discrimination and affirmative action

    The solution examines the United States supreme court's stance on reverse discrimination and affirmative action. The anti-discrimination efforts and valuing diversity in the workplace is determined.

  • Turkey's Labour Act

    Article 5 of the Labour Law deals with equal treatment in the workplace and states in pertinent part: "No discrimination based on language, race, sex, political thought, philosophical belief, religion, sect and similar grounds can be made in the business

  • Employment Regulation and Labor Law

    373001 Employment Regulation and Labor Law Employment Regulation Why does the United States have so many laws, acts, and policies designed to prevent and/or remedy discrimination in the workplace?

  • Employment Laws in the United States

    501100 Employment Laws in the United States Can you provide me with the following information for each employment law?

  • Gender Roles and Equality

    What distinctions are made by Talcott Parsons and Robert Bales in terms of the roles played by men and women in the United States? 4. How does institutional discrimination operate in the United States with respect to women?

  • One's Self

    To find one's self growing old in the United States might be challenging because ageism and age discrimination is widespread, and it is deeply embedded at the societal level. Simply put, ageism is the denial of basic human rights of older persons.

  • Implications of religious discrimination and prevention measures

    Sincerely, BrainMass Expert The content explains about the EEOC position in the issue of religious discrimination of employees. The work states measures necessary to prevent and eradicate the practice of religious discrimination.

View More Related Solutions