Discrimination
The Solution
30_minutes.docxLA 2
You are a contractor with a contract that requires you to provide “staff augmentation” support at a local USMC base (i.e., your employee will be on base, working together with DoD civilian and military personnel). One of your best employees is obese. The local Marines, all buff and in tip-top shape, chafe at the presence of your overweight and out of shape employee and demand that you “fire them” or you they will terminate your contract. What should you do?
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A discussion would be had to determine first, if there is a performance issue that would warrant firing the employee. The discussion would also include a reminder of discrimination, affirmative action and equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations that are enforced by the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
According to an article by HR Hero, discrimination "for the purposes of employment law, is any workplace action such as hiring, firing, demoting and promoting based on a prejudice of some kind that results in the unfair treatment of employees...". (HR Hero).
resource: HR Hero. (n.d.). Workplace Discrimination Employment Laws|HR Topics for Human Resources. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from Discrimination in the Workplace: http://topics.hrhero.com/discrimination-in-the-workplace/#
LA 2
You are a contractor with a contract that requires you to provide “staff augmentation”
support at a local USMC base (i.e., your employee will be on base, working togethe
r with DoD
civilian and military personnel). One of your best employees is obese. The local Marines, all
buff and in tip
-
top shape, chafe at the presence of your overweight and out of shape
employee and demand that you “fire them” or you they will terminat
e your contract. What
should you do
?
REPLY TO THIS BELOW
A discussion would be had to determine first, if there is a performance issue that would warrant firing
the employee. The discussion would also include a reminder of discrimination, affirmative actio
n and
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations that are enforced by the Office of Federal
Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
According to an article by HR Hero, discrimination "for the purposes of employment law, is any
workplace action
such as hiring, firing, demoting and promoting based on a prejudice of some kind
that results in the unfair treatment of employees...". (HR Hero).
resource:
HR Hero. (n.d.).
Workplace Discrimination Employment Laws|HR Topics for Human
Resources.
Retrieved
December 7, 2016, from Discrimination in the Workplace:
http://topics.hrhero.com
/
discrimination
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in
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the
-
workplace/#
LA 2
You are a contractor with a contract that requires you to provide “staff augmentation”
support at a local USMC base (i.e., your employee will be on base, working together with DoD
civilian and military personnel). One of your best employees is obese. The local Marines, all
buff and in tip-top shape, chafe at the presence of your overweight and out of shape
employee and demand that you “fire them” or you they will terminate your contract. What
should you do?
REPLY TO THIS BELOW
A discussion would be had to determine first, if there is a performance issue that would warrant firing
the employee. The discussion would also include a reminder of discrimination, affirmative action and
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws and regulations that are enforced by the Office of Federal
Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
According to an article by HR Hero, discrimination "for the purposes of employment law, is any
workplace action such as hiring, firing, demoting and promoting based on a prejudice of some kind
that results in the unfair treatment of employees...". (HR Hero).
resource: HR Hero. (n.d.). Workplace Discrimination Employment Laws|HR Topics for Human
Resources. Retrieved December 7, 2016, from Discrimination in the Workplace:
http://topics.hrhero.com/discrimination-in-the-workplace/#
