Group 6 - Discrimination within the Workforce by Kym Wilton https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce Sindy, Piper, Ella and Patricia en-us 2016-11-02 05:25:38 UTC 2025-12-22 15:33:06 UTC hello@padlet.com sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135658293 employment discrimination is a form of discrimination based on race, gender, age, disability, pregnancy, mental disability and religion by employers]]> 2016-11-07 01:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135658293 piperroman_k_a18 https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135992052 While the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 aims to ensure fair employment opportunities for all people, it does include some general exceptions. This means that an employer may be allowed to discriminate in particular circumstances.

Discrimination can happen at different points in the employment relationship, including:
  • when recruiting and selecting staff
  • in the terms, conditions and benefits offered as part of employment
  • who is considered or selected for training and the sort of training offered
  • who is considered or selected for transfer or promotion
  • who is considered and selected for retrenchment or dismissal.

Harassment can include behaviour such as:
  • telling insulting jokes about particular racial groups
  • sending explicit or sexually suggestive emails or text messages
  • displaying racially offensive or pornographic posters or screen savers
  • making derogatory comments or taunts about a person’s disability, or
  • asking intrusive questions about someone’s personal life, including his or her sex life.

The basis of age, disability, race, sex, marital status, pregnancy, breastfeeding, family responsibilities, sexual preference, medical record, criminal record, trade union activity, political opinion, social origin, religion, and nationality or ethnic origin. 


]]> 2016-11-08 04:03:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135992052 piperroman_k_a18 https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135995053 NOUN
  1. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex: 
  2. "victims of racial discrimination" · "discrimination against homosexuals"
  3. synonyms: prejudice · bias · bigotry · intolerance · narrow-mindedness · unfairness · inequity · favouritism · one-sidedness · partisanship · sexism · chauvinism · racism · racialism · anti-Semitism · heterosexism · ageism · classism · positive discrimination · reverse discrimination · ableism · apartheid
]]> 2016-11-08 04:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135995053 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135996630 ✎ Gender pay gap: the difference between women's and men's average weekly full-time earnings
✎ The national gender pay gap is currently 16.2% and has hovered between 15% and 19% for the past two decades
✎ Influenced by a number of interrelated work, family and social factors - includes stereotypes about the work women and men 'should' do, and the way women and men 'should' engage in the workplace

FACTORS

✎ Discrimination, both direct and indirect
✎ Differences in education, work experience and seniority
✎ Women's more precarious attachment to the workforce (due to their unpaid caring responsibilities)
✎ Lack of women in senior positions
✎ Lack of part-time or flexible senior roles
✎ Women are more likely than men to work part-time or flexibility because they still undertake most of society's unpaid caring responsibilities
https://www.wgea.gov.au/addressing-pay-equity/what-gender-pay-gap

]]> 2016-11-08 05:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/135996630 piperroman_k_a18 https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136279147 https://www.humanrights.gov.au/education/face-facts/face-facts-gender-equality
  • 1984, the Sex Discrimination Act- illegal to discriminate against gender, sexuality, marital status, family responsibilities or pregnant.
  • The average Australian woman has to work an extra 66 days a year to earn the same pay as the average man. However, this isn't entirely true for some jobs, woman can be paid the same as men as long as they work as hard.

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  • Direct discrimination happens when a person is treated less favourably than others. because the person has a disability less favourable treatment means that the person is disadvantaged and doesn't have the same opportunity or choices as a person without a disability. 
  • Indirect discrimination happens when a condition stops a person with a disability, or an associate of a person with disability from doing something. A condition includes physical barriers, policies, procedures, practices, selection or admission criteria, rules or requirements.
]]> 2016-11-09 01:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136281196 patriciamay_garan https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136282514
The Federal Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (D.D.A)
Australia against discrimination based on disability. it encourages everyone to be involved in implementing the Act and to share in the overall benefits to the community and the economy that flow from participation by the widest range of people.
Disability discrimination happens when people with a disability are treated less fairly than people without a disability. 

The DDA makes it against the law to discriminate against someone if they have disability in the following areas of life:
  • Employment - when someone is trying to get job, equal pay or promotion.
  • Education - when enrolling in a school in any university or other colleges.

Who does the D.D.A. protect?
  • Physical
  • Intellectual
  • Psychiatric
  • Sensory
  • Neurological and learning disabilities, as well as physical disfigurements.
  • The presence in the body of disease causing organisms.
This broad definition is meant to ensure that everyone with disability is protected.


Healey, JH, 2000. Disability and Discrimination. 1st ed. Australia: The Spinney Press.



]]> 2016-11-09 01:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136282514 FINISHED sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136286564 https://www.emaze.com/@AWFRWZZI/untitled]]> 2016-11-09 02:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/136286564 Discrimination occurs in the workplace occurs in the workplace when an employer takes advantage action against an employee or prospective employee because of protected attribute. ella_garcia https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137609071
One of the 11 protected attributes are:
  • Race
  • Color
  • Sex
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Age
  • Physical or mental responsibilities
  • Pregnancy
  • Religion
  • Political opinion
  • National Extraction
  • Social origin

People can be protected by the Equality act, this includes of any of these followings.
The Equality Act also sometimes protects you after you've left your job.

  • A job applicant 
  • An employee
  • An agency worker
  • A casual worker 
  • A zero Hours worker
  • A trainee
  • An apprentice
  • Working overseas

What is adverse action?
Adverse action is when they threaten or organizing of any of these following:

  • Firing an employee
  • Injuring the employee in their employment, such as not giving an employee legal entitlements such as pay or leave
  • Changing an employee's job to their advantage
  • Treating an employee differently than others, as if they don't belong in a certain workplace
  • Not hiring any more employees
  • Offering a potential employee different and unfair terms and conditions for the job compared to other employees.
Generally discrimination occurs or may happen to someone who is applying for a job as an employee, or an employee that don't have any experience at all. 

References

]]> 2016-11-15 03:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137609071 What are the potential effects of discrimination? ella_garcia https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137610819 Every individual can be affected of discrimination, it can affect work and social relations between people of differing religions, cultures, gender, race and sexual orientation. 

People can likely be less interactive, cooperative or to associate with others as a result. 

It can be feelings associated with discrimination can lead to stereotyping, which can discourage people from networking or associating with those who are related to a particular group based on race, gender, religious, preference or culture.

Therefore, it continues by people getting stressed of being excluded and passed over for a promotion or job opportunities can lead to financial stress, mental strain, anxiety, or depression. 

Self-confidence and self-esteem can be affected as well, and stress can further ignite physical health symptoms due to discrimination and so on.

Reference]]> 2016-11-15 04:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137610819 Discrimination Acts in Australia piperroman_k_a18 https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611163 Age Discrimination Act 2004
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (QLD)
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986
Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Victoria)
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
Sex Discrimination Act 1984
]]> 2016-11-15 04:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611163 Negative Effects of Diversity in the Workplace patriciamay_garan https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611416 Diversity in the workplace is generally regarded as a positive for companies that manage it effectively. However, a workforce that has significant differences in ethnicity, race religion, gender and other individual traits can produce negative effects, especially if not well-managed. these negative effects of diversity are understandable if the work culture does not support tolerance and acceptance of differences.

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/negative-effects-diversity-workplace-18443.html

]]> 2016-11-15 04:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611416 Piper's Script piperroman_k_a18 https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611521 TOPIC: Sex Discrimination & Age

Sex discrimination:
Sex discrimination is a worldwide issue between the genders; whether it be women applying for construction jobs or men getting a degree in nursery, both find sex discrimination a daily issue. A Sex Discrimination Act was created in 1984 to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, marital or relationship status, actual or potential pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status or breastfeeding in a range of areas of public life. However, the Act did not cover equal pay wages for women. In 1963, the first Equal Pay Act was passed to allow full-time female workers to earn 48.9% as much as male full-time workers. Even after the act, the wage gap between men and women still remain worldwide and mostly occur due to education, hours worked and occupation. On average, female full-time workers have to work an extra 66 days to earn the same pay as the average male. 

Age Discrimination:
Age Discrimination is actually not a criminal offence as people might think it is. It is only classified as harassment when its frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision such as the victim being fired or demoted. 
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older. It comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_anti-discrimination_acts
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/age.cfm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_Discrimination_Act_2004 



]]> 2016-11-15 04:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137611521 Patricia's Script patriciamay_garan https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137612000
Topic: Cultural/Discrimination 

-Cultural Discrimination is commonly directed at ethic minorities within the society , organizations or institutions. Cultural discrimination can manifest itself through unfair hiring, unjust firing or sexual harassment. It can also occur in politics, such as when the ethic majority of a nation rules for a long time.  
-The effects of workplace discrimination include poor work culture and loss confidence workforce, debilitating effect on the individual, negative impact for the society.

Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favorably than another person in similar situation. Because of their race, color, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status. Racial discrimination when there is a rule or policy that is the same for everyone but has an unfair effect on people of a particular race, color and nationality.

Race discrimination can also occur if an individual is treated differently based upon their association with member or racial group. 
For example:
  • Hiring/firing/promotions- You apply for a job which you have experience and excellent qualifications, but you are not hired because of the company's long time clients are not comfortable dealing with African or American.
  • Pay/Salary- You worked you way up from the position of executive assistant to project manager with similar training and work experience was recently hired and you find out than he will be paid more than you. 
https://www.reference.com/world-view/cultural-discrimination-67240ee8de690811
]]> 2016-11-15 04:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137612000 Script sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137612541 T O P I C : Disability Discrimination

Disability discrimination occurs when a person with a disability is treated unfairly than a person without a disability in the same/similar situation.  
There are two types of disability discrimination, direct and indirect. For example, a direct disability discrimination would occur when a person is refused entry into a restaurant or a store just because they're blind and have a guide dog. An indirect disability example would be when some certain buildings would only have a set of stairs as a way to enter. Therefore some people with disabilities who use wheelchairs would be unable to enter the building. 
Disability discrimination also occurs when there is no rule or policy that is the same for everyone but has a unfair effect on people with a disability. 
To be protected from any form of disability discriminations. The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) makes it against the law to treat you unfairly because of your disability. The DDA helps cover you if you have had a disability in the past, if you may develop a disability in the future and/or if people think you have a disability. The DDA also helps people who are relatives, friends, and careers of people with a disability are also protected by the Disability Discrimination Act. 
A person with a disability has the same right to a person without a disability. If a person with a disability can achieve and do the activities or have the requirements of a job, then they should have an equal opportunity to do that job.  
The Disability Discrimination Act says that in some circumstances treating someone with a disability differently won't be against the law. This is known as exception. For example, the DDA might say that it's not against the law to refuse employment to a person with a disability if, because of their disability they cannot perform the requirements of the job. However, the DDA must consider how the person with a disability could be provided with reasonable adjustments to help them do the job.]]> 2016-11-15 04:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137612541 Ella's Script ella_garcia https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137613056 Topic: Discrimination on religion

Religious discrimination involves treating an individual or an applicant and an employee  negatively based of his or her religious beliefs. 

Such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, including others who have sincerely held religious, ethical or moral beliefs. 

Discrimination in employment on the basis of religion occurs when someone does not experience equality of opportunity in employment because of their religion. 

This may include
  • Refused a job
  • Dismissed from employment
  • Denied training opportunities
  • Being harassed at work
Discrimination based of religion alone is not unlawful under federal anti-discrimination law. 

Discrimination related to religion, religious conviction, religious beliefs or religious activity can be unlawful under the laws of ACT, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia. In South Australia, discrimination on the basis of religious dress or appearance in work or study can be unlawful. 

Also some people observe particular rules on clothing, appearance or jewelry for religious reasons. Employers should not discriminate against a person in employment on the basis of their religious dress. 

Example: An employer refuses to offer an employee a role serving customers because she wears hijab. 

Discrimination that is authorized by court or law, will not be against the law if it is necessary to comply with an order of a court or tribunal, or is authorized by legislation.

It is against the law to discriminate against anyone in the workplace, employees are protected from discrimination at all stages of employment including recruitment, workplace terms and conditions and dismissal.

Example of religions belief or activity discrimination

At a job interview with an insurance company Mariam, a Muslim, is asked about her religious background. Even though Mariam is the best candidate, the Human Resources manager tells her he cannot offer her the job because he believes she will have to leave her workstation for prayer several times a day.

Vilification is a behavior that incites hatred, serious contempt for, or revulsion or severe ridicule of a person or group of people because of their race or religion.

Reference
]]> 2016-11-15 04:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137613056 Survey Responses (47 people) sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137952748 Age:
14-18 = 46 (97.87%)
24+ = 1 (2.13%)

]]> 2016-11-16 01:30:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137952748 The Effects of Discrimination in our Society ella_garcia https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137953082 The effects of discrimination in our society are reflecting a lot of things based on their, religion, race and disable discrimination. It is really easy to judge someone on their appearance, and come to the point where it is just plain racist. 

We often see "black people" in news fighting with white people because they are always discriminated. On what we see on the news, or what we know is not always true...Not all black people are violence, thief, homeless and so on. 

It happens in our country and around the world, Australia has aborigines who are discriminated, but many people do not understand their culture, and they are look down on these people. 

Therefore, it can endanger the world peace, once the conflict between the different break out, which can easily cause a world war. 

Discrimination is about exclusion and subordination and it effectively conveys an explicit message of differentness and inferiority of the victim humiliation.

Most people frequently feel pressured just to fit in with the society...
Though it still, increases and people in society and greater visibility in the media and public life, is experiencing discrimination, harassment and violence at work, school, and in social situations.

It can affect (and so on)
  • Lesbian
  • Gay
  • Bisexual
  • Transsexual

Reference
]]> 2016-11-16 01:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137953082 Impact on Society patriciamay_garan https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954066 Workplace discrimination is also a major cause for the nation's informal unemployment rate. Many people remain unemployed not because they are unemployable, but because companies refuse to hire them due to certain biases. Many companies, for instance do not hire women, and with no other suitable candidates, do not hire at all.

Workplace discrimination spreads all around negativity and has a disease or major condition effects on any organization, individual and society.

http://www.brighthub.com/office/human-resources/articles/87966.aspx]]> 2016-11-16 01:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954066 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954362 2016-11-16 01:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954362 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954419 2016-11-16 01:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/137954419 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489824 2016-11-22 23:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489824 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489853 2016-11-22 23:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489853 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489887 2016-11-22 23:47:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139489887 sindy_chea https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139500114 2016-11-23 02:17:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kym_wilton/Group6DriscrimationWorkforce/wish/139500114