Chapter 3: EEO and Safety

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Chapter 3 EEO and Safety

• Agenda
• Silence Your Cell Phone Please ?
• Q A
• Learning Objectives
• EEO Safety
• Introduction to Simulations
• Form Teams
• Reminders

In the State of Nature All Men are Born Equal,
But They Cannot Continue in This Equality.
Society Makes Them Lose it, and They Recover it
Only by the Protection of the Law. Charles de
Montesquieu 1689-1755
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Learning Objectives

• Explain How 3 Branches of Government Regulate
  HRM.
• Summarize Major Federal Laws Requiring EEO.
• Identify Federal Agencies that Enforce EEO.
• Describe How Employers Can Avoid Illegal
  Discrimination.
• Define Sexual Harassment and How Employers Can
  Manage It.
• Explain Employers Duties under the OSHA.
• Describe Role of the Occupational Safety and
  Health Administration.
• Discuss Ways Employers Promote Worker Safety and
  Health.

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Whats Your Opinion?

• Discuss With Person
• Sitting Next to You
• Why Are There So Many
• Employment Regulations?

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Learning Objective 1 Federal Regulation of HRM

• Three Branches of Federal Government
• Legislative Branch (Congress)
• Laws, Constitutional Amendments, Legislation
• Executive Branch (President)
• Federal Agencies (EEOC, OSHA), Executive Orders
• Judicial Branch (Courts)
• Interpret Laws

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Learning Objective 2 Summarize Major Federal Laws

• Text Page 69, Table 3.1
• Form Small Discussion Groups
• Tasks
• Explain Law
• Provide Example
• Explain Why Managers Need to Know
• Write Exam Question on Whiteboard
• I Will Put Two Best Questions on Your Exam!

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Learning Objective 3Federal Agencies

• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Enforces Title VII, Equal Pay, and ADA
• Complaint Process
• File Complaint w/ EEOC or State Agency
• 60 Days to Investigate Complaint
• Attempt to Achieve Reconciliation
• Office of Federal Contract Compliance Procedures
• Enforces Regulations of Business That Sell
  50,000 or More to the Government

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You Be The Judge

• Discussion Groups
• Personal Introductions
• Text Page 100, Discussion Question 2
• Identify One or More Amendments, Laws, or
  Executive Orders That Apply

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Learning Objective 4Avoid Illegal Discrimination

• What Can Managers Do to Avoid Illegal
  Discrimination?
• What Can Managers Do to Provide Reasonable
  Accommodations?

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Businesses Role in EEO

• Avoid Discrimination
• Disparate Treatment and BFOQ
• Disparate Impact and the Four-Fifths Rule
• Comply With EEO Policies
• Affirmative Action and Reverse Discrimination
• Provide Reasonable Accommodations
• Prevent Sexual Harassment (Learning Obj. 5)
• Value Diversity

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Learning Objective 6 Occupational Safety and
Health Act

• How Can Employees Be Injured or Become Ill
  Because of Workplace Environments?
• Enforced by Depts. of Labor and Health
• Role
• Inspect Employers, Apply Standards, Punish
  Violations
• Conduct Research
• Identify Employee Rights and Responsibilities

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Learning Objective 8Employer-Sponsored Programs

• Identify and Communicate Job Hazards
• Reinforce Safe Practices
• Expand Focus to International Operations

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Discussion

• Pretend You Are Starting New Business
• Legal, Moral, Ethical
• Hire 50 Employees Within One Year
• What Employment Laws and Regulations Must You
  Comply With?

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Introduction to Company Simulations

• Problem-Based Learning Method
• Simulations Improve Learning
• Read the Text Learn 10
• Listen to Lecture Learn 20
• Lecture Team Discussion Learn 70
• Do Activity Learn 90

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Responsibility for Learning

• Individual Responsibility
• Knowledge Read Text, Attend Class
• Comprehension Understand Information
• Team Responsibility
• Application Use Knowledge in Simulation
• Analysis Break Knowledge into Parts
• Synthesis Choose Relevant Parts To Use
• Evaluation Make Judgments on Quality

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Company Simulation Process

• Team Starts a New Business
• Legal, Moral, Ethical, 50 Employees
• Familiar Kind of Business, Fun Business
• Receives a Scenario of Events or Problems That
  Happen in the Business
• Answer 2 to 4 Questions in 60 Minutes
• Use Concepts From Current and Past Chapters
• Apply Concepts to Teams Business
• Develop Innovative and Creative Problem Solutions

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Form Teams of 5 People

• Team Tasks
• Choose and Name Your New Business
• Legal, Moral, Ethical, 50 Employees
• Familiar Kind of Business, Fun Business
• Develop Team Contact Sheet Turn In Copy
• Use Index Cards and Markers to Build Your
  Facility
• Get Creative and Have Fun!

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Did You Learn?

• Explain How 3 Branches of Government Regulate
  HRM.
• Summarize Major Federal Laws Requiring EEO.
• Identify Federal Agencies that Enforce EEO.
• Describe How Employers Can Avoid Illegal
  Discrimination.
• Define Sexual Harassment and How Employers Can
  Manage It.
• Explain Employers Duties under the OSHA.
• Describe Role of the Occupational Safety and
  Health Administration.
• Discuss Ways Employers Promote Worker Safety and
  Health.

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Reminders

• Turn in Copy of Team Contact Sheet
• Read Chapter 4