Current Legal Issues in HRM andEEO policy

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Details: As the human resources legal consultant contracted to provide recommendations to Elora Jean & Co., you have taken a look at the current hiring practices and determined that the company is in need of a defined Equal Employment Opportunity policy (EEO Policy). Elora Jean & Co. is growing at a very fast pace and an aggressive hiring plan has been established. You realize that a solid EEO policy must be in place to avoid employment litigation.

In a report, which will be presented to Elora Jean & Co.'s owner, you will address the following:

Apply court case decisions with regard to developing an EEO Policy.
Develop an EEO policy sample to be presented to Elora Jean & Co. Be sure to include the essential components of a well-defined EEO policy with reference to the applicable employment laws that are governed by the EEOC.
Examine the policy and its application to both the union and non-union locations. Explain how it will be applied in each of those environments?
Modify the EEO policy components pertaining to employment discrimination law for the Malaysian facility.

Apply court case decisions with regard to developing an EEO Policy.
Develop an EEO policy sample to be presented to Elora Jean & Co. Be sure to include the essential components of a well-defined EEO policy with reference to the applicable employment laws that are governed by the EEOC.

Equal opportunity is a descriptive term for an approach intended to give equal access to an environment or benefits, such as education, employment, health care, or social welfare to all, often with emphasis on members of various social groups which might have at some time suffered from discrimination. This can involve the hiring of workers and other such practices. Social groupings generally emphasized in such ways are those delineated by aspects of gender, race, or religion.

Equal opportunity practices that are race-blind or gender-blind may be distinguished from practices that involve or require affirmative action or reverse discrimination. The United States federal government and various state and local governments require affirmative action in terms of governmental hiring and contracting; many other countries make such action illegal.
The method of providing equal opportunity is often a subject of controversy, as is the means by which to measure the success or failure of equal opportunity policies. Opportunity itself is often difficult - if not impossible - to accurately measure. Thus, in practice, equal opportunity is said to exist when people with similar abilities reach similar results after doing a similar amount of work. In other words, equal opportunity is measured by the degree of equality of outcome that it generates. Indeed, equal opportunity and equality of outcome are often seen as complementary. For example, as long as inequalities can be passed form one generation to another through gifts and wealth inheritance, it is unclear that equality of opportunity for children can be achieved without greater equality of outcome for parents.

APPLICATION TO DWI OF EEO

Discriminatory practices under these laws also include:

* harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or age;
* retaliation against an individual for filing a charge of discrimination, participating in an investigation, or opposing discriminatory practices;
* employment decisions based on stereotypes or assumptions about the abilities, traits, or performance of individuals of a certain sex, race, age, religion, or ethnic group, or individuals with disabilities; and
* denying employment opportunities to a person because of marriage to, or association with, an individual of a particular race, religion, national origin, or an individual with a disability. Title VII also prohibits discrimination because of participation in schools or places of worship associated with a particular racial, ethnic, or religious group.

Employers are required to post notices to all employees advising them of their rights under the laws EEOC enforces and their right to be free from retaliation. Such notices must be ...