LER 100 Lecture 2: diversity in the workplace
6 Nov 2018
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Pay and hours: fair labor standards acts, occupational safety and health act, enforced by us department of labor wage and hour division. Legal doctrine: employment at will, the employer has the right to fire you for a good reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. Diversity in the workplace: whatever you think about diversity it is a reality. It is getting more diverse and will continue to do so in the years ahead. Interactions between people are key to business: need for cultural sensitivity and understanding. In sales: globalization, markets are now international, need for cultural sensitivity and understanding. In 1996, only 0. 87% of african americans held official or managerial jobs. In 2013, the last year for which data was available, 6. 77: african american make up 12. 2% of the overall population. In 2013, 36% of workforce were people of color vs, 12% in. In 2002, just 3% of fortune 500 companies had nondiscrimination protection that included gender identity.
