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1、CHAPTER6ImplementingEqualEmploymentAfteryouhavereadthischapter,youshouldbeableto:●Discussthetwotypesofsexualharassmentandhowemployersshouldrespondtocomplaints.●Giveexamplesoftwosex-baseddiscriminationissuesbesidessexualharassment.●Identifytwoagediscriminationissues.●Discussthemajorrequirem
2、entsoftheAmericanswithDisabilitiesAct.●DescribetwobasesofEEOdiscriminationinadditiontothoselistedabove.●IdentifytypicalEEOrecord-keepingrequirementsandthoserecordsusedintheEEOinvestigativeprocess.●Discussthecontentsofanaffirmativeactionplan(AAP).HRTRANSITIONSTheCostsofDiscriminationWhether
3、basedonage,sex,race,disability,orotherfactors,bothlargeandsmallemployershavepaidfortheirillegaldiscriminatoryactions.OverthepastseveraldecadessincepassageoftheCivilRightsActof1964,numerousemployershavebeenfoundguiltyofillegalemploymentdiscrimation.Whetherbasedonage,sex,race,disability,orot
4、herfactors,bothlargeandsmallemployershavepaidfortheirillegalhumanresourceactions.Butemployerscontinuetoengageindiscriminatorypracticesthatleadtolargefinesandsettlements,sometimesthroughignoranceandsometimesintentionally.Someexamplesillustratethatemploymentdiscriminationisexpensive.SexDiscr
5、iminationandSexualHarassmentSmith-Barney,aWallStreetbrokeragefirm,agreedtospend$15millionoverfouryearstoincreasediversityinthefirm.Aspartofthesettlementofalawsuit,thefirmagreedoverathreeyeartimeperiodtoraisethepercentageoffemalebrokersinitstrainingclassesto33%ofthetotal,andtohave25%ofitsin
6、vestmentbankertrainingclassescomposedoffemales.Atthetime,only14.5%ofthe15,000Smith-Barneybrokerswerewomen.MitsubishiMotorspaid$34milliontosettleaclass-actionsexualharassmentlawsuitfiledby350currentandformerfemaleemployees.Thissettlementwasthelargestclass-actionsettlementeverpaidforsexualha
7、rassmentchargesbroughtbytheEEOC.Separately,thefirmalsoagreedtopay$9.5millionto27currentandformeremployees.RusticInnCrabhouse,aFortLauderdalerestaurant,wasfoundtohavediscriminatedagainstthreewomenwhowerepregnant.Therestauranthadapolicyofshiftingwaitressestolowe