The Equal Sharing of Parental Responsibility Act The Equal Sharing of Parental Responsibility Act requires that parents take equal responsibility for the costs of raising their children. The Act begins with a presumption of a fifty/fifty sharing of physical placement of the children between the parents, and neither parent would make support payments to the other. This presumption does not apply if either parent is shown to be unfit. The parties may stipulate to a different placement
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Sex discrimination act 1995/97 The Sex Discrimination Act was introduced in 1975 in order to stop discrimination due to a person’s gender. Sex discrimination has frequently occurred in the past, particularly in the workplace and specifically towards women. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 allows for equality between men and women when it comes to equal pay for the same job. It also means that situations where ‘men only’ advertising appeared, such as job adverts, could count as sex discrimination
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States Department of Labor and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This paper will give a summary of each law or regulation. This position paper is going to brief the audience globally on the USA employment laws and regulations but not limited to Sexual harassment, Wage and Salary Legislation, Recruitment, Interviewing, Affirmative Action, Equal Employment and the ADA. This paper will go over the history of a few of the important acts that have been passed over the years to protect
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Edlyne Metayer 01/23/2012 ADM 464 Strategic Human Resources Management Professor Rose Davilmar Homework Chapter 1 1. Yes … why? Because people will always be a valuable asset to an organization. Especially, if that employee has a lot of experience and has a lot of skills. 2. For one, it would be how the consumers would respond to my company opening an office in China. The language would be an issue, because the staff and myself would need to speak the language unless, we hire
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In hopes of removing the loopholes from the Equal Pay Act, President Obama signed a legislation called the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The purpose of this legislation was to provide addition protection against discrimination that the original Equal Pay Act failed to cover. “The law clarifies that pay discrimination occurs when a pay decision is made, when an employee is subject to that decision, or at any time an employee is injured by it; employees have 180 days from any of those instances
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indicates that this trend is continuing. These types of discrimination are spread widely to include the assignment of roles, responsibilities, pay rates, and promotions just to name a few. The laws that were enacted in the U.S. in an attempt to discourage employers from participating in these types of discriminatory practices came about with the establishment of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The purpose of the EEOC is to enforce the laws and investigate allegations pertaining to
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Equal Remuneration Act 1976 - Presentation Transcript 1. Equal Remuneration Act 1976 By : Rajnikant George Kumari Laxmi 2. INTODUCTION o The principle of equal work to men and women worker has been gaining increasing acceptance all over the world. In many countries, law have been passed prohibiting discrimination between men and women in matters relating to payment of wages for similar work. o The State Policy article 39 of the Constitution envisages that the State shall
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Requirement of Law Court Case Influential to Establishment of Law Importance of Law Workplace Application Civil Rights Act of 1964 “Prohibits discrimination in all employment decisions on basis of race, religion, ethnicity, sex, and national origin.” (DeCenzo, Robbins, & Verhulst 2013). In Griggs v. Duke Power Co., the Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits not only intentional job discrimination, but also employer practices that have a discriminatory effect on
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Equal Protection Clayton Paral The American Constitution POL 303 Lisa Marmorato March 30, 2015 In our constitution we are afforded the right of equal protection. This means no matter our race, sex, or sexaul prefercence. The fourteenth amendment made it so no one man or women was more important than another. It wasn’t always like this. Some laws would only apply to a person of a certain race. Without the fourteenth amendment many of us would of never been afforded equal protection
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because they are discriminated for their own sex. In addition, it is eliminating the chances for women to be given a wage lower than men because of their race, color, and pregnancy. Due to acts and laws like these, women in business are getting help from the federal and many state governments to get equal pay as
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