HRMN 408 WEEK 3: Employment Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

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- Please cite your work in your responses

- Please use APA (7th edition) formatting 

- All questions and each part of the question should be answered in detail (Go into depth)

- Response to questions must demonstrate understanding and application of concepts covered in class, 

- Use in-text citations and at LEAST 2 resources per discussion from the school materials that I provided to support all answers. - The use of course materials to support ideas is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

- Responses MUST be organized (Should be logical and easy to follow)

- Include at least 2 references and include in-text citations.

“USING REFERENCES FROM THE CLASS MATERIALS IS A MUST. IF YOU CAN’T, THEN DON’T ACCEPT THIS OFFER”. Additionally, other outside resources are also welcome besides the class material.

Discussion Topic #1: Harassment in the Workplace: 1 Page

This morning the Boss entered your office and told you that he wanted you to prepare a termination for an employee, John.  He said that he just found out that John was previously Jane and that this knowledge ate at the core of his religious beliefs and he would not tolerate such aberrant behavior in his organization.  As the HR Leader, what would you tell your Boss regarding this matter? And by the way, your Boss is the  CEO of the Church of Natural Theolog's  Medical Clinic and John is a Licensed Nurse Practitioner for the Clinic and a lay minister in the Church.

You must substantively respond to two colleagues. Use at least one HR/legal reference. 

Here are a few references to get you going:

1. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fighting-sexual-harassment-29532.html

2. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/same-sex-harassment-know-your-rights.html

3. https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/wysk/lgbt_examples_decisions.cfm

4. SHRM Article on Avoiding LGBTQ Discrimination in your Benefits Program

5. SHRM Article on What Does the High Court's LGBTQ Ruling Mean for Employee Benefits

Discussion Topic #2: Discrimination based on BFOQ & Business Necessity: 2 pages

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEb7tUySdkY&feature=emb_title

BFOQ's and "business necessity" sometimes serve as exceptions to the rule that you cannot discriminate in employment decisions.

1. Briefly discuss the difference between BFOQ and Business Necessity defenses.

2. Locate one real life case from a court or other tribunal where a BFOQ argument carried the day--or did not. Summarize the case. Do you agree or not with the decision? Why or why not?

3. Locate one real life case where the argument "business necessity" carried the day – or did not.  Summarize the case. Do you agree or not with the decision? Why or why not?

 Here are some references for you to consider:

1. Definition of BFOQ  from  https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/bona_fide_occupational_qualification_(bfoq)

2. https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2259&context=lawreview

3. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fighting-race-national-origin-discrimination-29672.html

4. http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/reasonable-accommodation-religious-beliefs.html