ADMS 3660 Chapter 17: chapter 17.docx

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3660
• Professor: Avraham Kleiman

Document Summary

Significant portion of our labour pool comes from members of designated groups whose participation in the workplace contributes to the success to the success of an organization. With regard to past discrimination, there are four groups in canada that traditionally have not gotten equitable treatment in employment: women, aboriginal peoples, visible minorities, and people with disabilities. Minorities: native people, women and people with disabilities. Women have been segregated in occupations that are accorded lower status and lower pay. Women have been underrepresented in such areas as semi-professional occupations, management and board positions, supervisors in crafts and trades, and sales and service personnel. Aboriginals make up about 3. 3 % of the population. They represent one of the fastest growing populations in canada but remain vastly underrepresented in the work force, with their unemployment rate hovering at the 20 percent range. Educational challenge has proven to be a significant barrier with aboriginal populations experiencing a high-school drop-out rate of 70%