Introduction
As firms are continuously urged to maximise the effectiveness of their workforce if they are to remain competitive, there is a need to focus on maintaining organisational commitment and providing work environment that are congruent with worker aspirations and orientations. Issues such as equal employment opportunity (EEO) that relates to high labour turnover if not manage carefully, recruitment & selection programs in conjunction to EEO are also critical to build a diversify workforce. HRM policies and strategies must be established on such basis to work towards the organisational goals.
Equal employment opportunity (EEO) & Diversity
HR managers need to be aware that a non-discriminatory policy is an essential part of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action programs to ensure that all employees are treated with fairness & respect and are not subjected to unlawful discrimination and harassment such as those listed in the table below.
Discriminations (Direct or Indirect) | Harassments (Direct or Indirect) |
Sex (male or female, homosexuality, transgender) Age (including forcing someone to retire at a certain age) Race, colour, ethnic or ethno-religious background, descent or nationality Marital status Political beliefs or activity Pregnancy (include potential pregnancy) Disability (physical or intellectual not affecting the nature of the work) Responsibilities as a carer (parental status) Person's association with or relation to | Assaulting someone Humiliating them Seriously embarrassing them in public Offending them (verbally or physically) Intimidating them Questioning about a person's private life |
Equal employment opportunity (EEO) is a government-initiated policy specifying that all HRM activities should be conducted in such a way as to ensure that 'all employees have equal access to fulfilling and productive working lives' (Dessler et al.
2004, p.56). This common law-employment contract relationship which may properly be described as 'job rights', look at the concept of 'employment at will' on what each party must...