3-1

Fathers can remain involved in

raising children
There is much to learn about
making workplace more family
friendly
Companies providing paternity
leave to working dads are taking a
small step to a more compatible
environment

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Diversity - Any perceived difference among people:

age, race, religion, functional specialty, profession,
sexual orientation, geographic origin, lifestyle,
tenure with organization, or position, and any
other perceived difference.
Diversity is more than equal employment and
affirmative action
Aims to create workforces that mirror populations
and customers that organizations serve

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Ensuring factors are in place to provide for and

encourage continued development of diverse
workforce by melding actual and perceived
differences among workers to achieve maximum
productivity
Pursuing an inclusive culture where new
employees feel welcome, and everyone sees
value of his or her job
Creating a supportive culture where all
employees can be effective

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Single Parents &

Working Mothers
Women in Business
Dual Career Families
Mothers Returning to
the Workforce
Workers of Color
Older Workers

Persons with
Disabilities
Immigrants
Young Persons with
Limited
Education/Skills

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Equal Employment
Opportunity and
Affirmative Action

3-6

EEO modified since passage of Equal Pay Act

of 1963, Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Congress has passed other legislation
Major Supreme Court decisions interpreting
provisions handed down
Executive orders signed into law

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Race
Color
Sex
Religion
National origin

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Illegal to discriminate against anyone 40

years or older (Previously 40-65 & 40-70)
Administered by EEOC
Pertains to employers who have 20 or more
employees
Possible criminal penalty
Class action suits are possible

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Prohibits discrimination against

disabled workers
Government contractors,
subcontractors, and organizations

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Pregnancy, childbirth, or related

medical condition
Questions about family plans,
birth control techniques, and
such may be discriminatory
because they are not asked of
men
Benefits are also covered

3-12

Expands scope of relevant

civil rights statutes to provide
adequate protection to
victims of discrimination
Glass Ceiling Act

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Invisible barrier in
organizations that
prevents many women
and minorities from
achieving top-level
management positions

3-14

Title VII of Civil Rights Act, as

amended, created the EEOC.
Filing a discrimination charge
initiates EEOC action.

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Approach developed by
organizations with government
contracts to demonstrate workers
are employed in proportion to their
representation in firm's relevant
labor market
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Women presently make up nearly

25% of expatriates - up from 14% a
decade ago
Gains in female expatriate
participation rates have not been
equally distributed worldwide

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