18 Oct Employment discrimination law is about prohibiting or encouraging behaviors in the workplace regarding differences in people.

Employment discrimination law is about prohibiting or encouraging behaviors in the workplace regarding differences in people. It has evolved over the years significantly, and the passage of Title VII, the U.S. Civil Rights Act, has made more changes to how the United States defines the right to work free from harassment and discrimination, than any other law, case, or regulation in the nation.

 

Guidelines

 

Answer the questions provided and write a six- to eight-page research memo in Word (excluding title and reference pages) with your subject as Employment Discrimination Harassment Policies.

 

Your research memo must be written in APA format, include a title and reference page, and reference your sources both internally (parenthetically) and in the reference page. Please use the APA Template  (Links to an external site.)to complete your work.

 

Include all aspects of the assignment criteria outlined.

 

Use a 12-point Times Roman or Arial font, double-space it, and have 1 in. margins as a standard format.

 

Do not include extra lines between paragraphs and so forth.

 

You should use theory throughout your research memo, which covers the aspects of the COs reviewed in the previous weeks.

 

You should use a minimum of three scholarly resources beyond the textbook. The DeVry Library is a good resource.

 

DeVry University policies are in effect, including the plagiarism policy. Cite in text when quoting (copying information word for word) or using words and thoughts that are not your own.

 

Submit assignments in Word documents by the due date.

 

Graphs and tables are not needed and should not be used in this paper.

 

Grammar, punctuation, spelling, and so forth will all be taken into consideration when awarding points.

 

Proofread your papers before submitting; spell-check is not foolproof.

 

This paper will be graded on the quality of paper information and use of citations, grammar, and sentence structure.

 

The Course Project Research Memo is due in Module 7 of this course.

 

The PowerPoint Presentation is due in Module 8 of the course.

 

See the Assignment Summary section of the Syllabus for due date information.

 

Course Project Research Memo Assignment

 

Answer each of the following questions in one to two paragraphs each. You can use your textbook or other outside sources to answer these questions. Do not write a book; answer the questions succinctly.

 

What must a person who is claiming he or she was harassed in the workplace allege in order to first state a case with the EEOC for each of the following types of harassment?

 

Sexual harassment: Quid pro quo

 

Sexual harassment: Hostile environment

 

Religious harassment

 

Racial harassment

 

Explain the difference between sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and sexual orientation discrimination, as those terms are used legally.

 

How does GINA protect a person whose mother died of breast cancer from employment discrimination?

 

Provide one example of a behavior that could be found to be both a hostile environment and quid pro quo forms of sexual harassment at the same time. Explain how a person could argue that this behavior at work was illegal.

 

Give the main legal reason why every company should have a valid written policy against all forms of harassment (besides the fact it is the “right” thing to do.)

 

Can an employer require that only females serve female customers and only males serve male customers? Explain your answer using legal terms.

 

How many employees must an employer or company have working for it to be subject to the following.

 

the ADA

 

Pregnancy Discrimination Act

 

Title VII

 

IRCA

 

GINA

 

MEMO

 

Assume you work for a company that has a sexual antiharassment policy, but not a religious, sexual orientation, or racial antiharassment policy. Write a six- to eight-page detailed memo to your boss (the HR Director) as to why you believe it would make sense to revamp the company policies to include these and or other forms of harassment. Include one example of a real situation where a policy may have protected a company from liability or stopped harassment from happening. (You can find case examples on the EEOC website (Links to an external site.).) Cite that case/situation in your memo to your boss.