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Fathers can remain involved inraising children

There is much to learn aboutmaking workplace more familyfriendly

Companies providing paternity

leave to working dads are taking asmall step to a more compatibleenvironment

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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 anyother perceived difference.

● Diversity is more than equal employment andaffirmative action

● Aims to create workforces that mirror populationsand 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 maximumproductivity

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 withDisabilities

Immigrants Young Persons with

Limited

Education/Skills

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Equal Employment

Opportunity and

Affirmative Action

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EEO modified since passage of Equal Pay Actof 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 40years 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 againstdisabled workers

Government contractors,subcontractors, and organizations

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Pregnancy, childbirth, or relatedmedical condition

Questions about family plans,

birth control techniques, and

such may be discriminatory

because they are not asked of

men Benefits are also covered

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Expands scope of relevantcivil rights statutes to provide

adequate protection tovictims of discrimination

Glass Ceiling Act

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Invisible barrier inorganizations that

prevents many womenand minorities fromachieving top-level

management positions

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Title VII of Civil Rights Act, asamended, 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 relevantlabor market

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Women presently make up nearly

25% of expatriates - up from 14% adecade ago

Gains in female expatriateparticipation rates have not beenequally distributed worldwide

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