orientation and age”. The Equality Act 2010 provides protection against discrimination for people who possess one or more of the nine specific protected characteristics. These are age, disability, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion and belief, sex, gender reassignment and sexual orientation. Diversity means appreciating
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stated that her district manager changed her workload after she heard the pregnancy news. The workload doubled and she was required to perform a lore duties and be responsible for more than the usual. Even though she was doing her job better than average, her manager would always look down on her and ask for more. Rosario said that she met all her sales goals and performed her job like she did every other day before her pregnancy. Rosario was ranked very poorly even after she performed her job to the
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treatment. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a key point in history and instrumental in protecting the rights of individuals from employment discrimination. Title VII of the legislation was designed to protect U.S. employees. This Title also established the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission with the intent to protect U.S. employees from discrimination as the body to enforce the provisions of the law. Equal employment opportunity was further enhanced in 1965 with Executive Order 11246
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Abortion Introduction The abortion debate deals with the rights and wrongs of deliberately ending a pregnancy before normal childbirth, killing the foetus in the process. Abortion is a very painful topic for women and men who find themselves facing the moral dilemma of whether or not to terminate a pregnancy. It's one of the most polarising moral issues - most people are on one side or the other, very few are undecided. The primary questions The moral debate about abortion deals with two
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“In the USA, there are approximately two million infertile couples waiting to adopt, many times regardless of the child’s medical problems such as Down Syndrome, Spina Bifida, HIV infection or terminally ill. Dr. Brad Imler, President of America’s Pregnancy Helpline, confirms the challenge of waiting couples by stating: Only 1% of the Helpline’s annual 40,000 clients inquires about adoption.” Putting him/her up for adoption will give them a better chance at a happier life rather than abortion. The solution
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GENETICS CASE STUDY GENETICS CASE STUDY This case study is based on a high-risk pregnancy due to advanced maternal age, genetic test indicating the fetus to have Tay-Sachs Disease and the coping strategies for this family. Rita Trosack is a 43-year old white female, married for six years to husband, Peter, a 46-year old white male. They both work in the financial district of Chicago and live downtown. They have been trying to conceive for two years. They both work an average
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CEDAW in Kyrgyzstan: a movement towards justice On 18 December, 2009, the world will celebrate 30 - year anniversary of the Convention on Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). To mark Convention’s 30th birthday, Kyrgyz women’s organizations launched a nation – wide collection of stories, testimonies and reflections about changes which CEDAW brought into lives of Kyrgyz women. The six selected stories, written by the NGOs and women selves were included into this brochure. UNIFEM
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some of the supply chains. This is relevant because workers slowly began to figure out that children were being used for labor, and these were some of the consequences. The children had to lift heavy equipment, and some of them were subject to pregnancy tests as well. If the children got into trouble while working they would be punished by having their pay checks docked. Apple's chief executive was in charge of keeping detailed records on the supply chains. When he reviewed all of the records he
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14 4. Details of Training Design: 14 4.1Proposed Date and Duration of Training 14 4.2 Course Outline: 15 I. Understand and reinforce the need for sexual harassment training 15 II. Identify and legally define discrimination and harassment 15 III. Prevent harassment and discrimination 15 IV. Understand different gender and cultural communication methods 16 V. Active and respectful communication skills 16 VI. Case study application, course review and examination 16 4.3 Training Output: 17
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