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Introduction to employment law
Employment law is concerned with employees employer relationship.
It is includes workplace contracts, statutes and common law.
Concepts of employment is applicable to all business with more than two employees today (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019).
Employment law is usually made up by both states and federal laws.
Employment laws are concerned with the common goal of protecting the rights of the workers.
The laws are intended to limit and prevent discriminations, promote safety and employees health, highlight the minimum economic support level as well as ensuring that there is reduced work disruption (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019) .

The employment law is usually concerned with the relationship that exists between the employer and the employees an usually include work place contracts, statutes as well as common law (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019). . The employment law is very crucial for all human resource managers as it gives very insightful information for all human resources managers in the issues that concerns employment, training and firing.
The main issue is usually protecting employee and their rights. It usually consists collections of other rules and basically is concerned with employee employer relationship. Employment law usually guides on when an employment is required to hire as well as when an employee is required to work and also highlights on the kind of remuneration that that an employer as well as other working conditions (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019).

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Employment law continues
An example of federal support that support employment law includes 1964 civil rights.
The act provides that employees should not be discriminated against race, religion, color, nation of origin as well as sex.
The other act is the fair labor standards act (FLSA).
The act was established during the great depression as a result of long working hours, unjust pay as well as harsh working condition (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019) .
The act led to the establishment of the minimum hourly wage as well as laws prohibiting child labor.

Under the US constitution, protection of employee is guided by a number of laws (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019). One of this protections is guided by the 1964 civil rights acts which was enacted with the aim of ensuring that there is no discrimination in the places of work in terms of race, religion, color, nation of originality and even on sex basis. The lac came at a time when the US employee were highly discriminated and it was meant to end all form of discrimination in the work places (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019). The Fair labor standard or FLSA is a another law that protects employees and was enacted at the period of great depression where employees were subjected to harsh working condition which included, long working hours, very unjust payments as well as harsh working conditions. It is through this act that the government come up with minimum wage rate. Other employment benefits that comes with the employment law includes workplace safety, worker health coverage, social security, family leave as well as unemployment benefits among others.
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Employees employer relationship
Employment relationship is a widely used legal notion all over the world and refers to the mutual relationship that exists between an employee and the employer.
It is through the employment relationship that leads to rights and obligations between employers and employees.
It is only through better relationship that workers are able to access the benefits and rights that comes with employment (Taylor, Emir, 2019).
The ultimate success of any organizations entirely relies on better employee employer relationship .
A strong relations have been identified to improve employees productivity, enhance their efficiency as well as reducing working conflicts.

Today, employment relationship is a very a common and widely used notion through out the world and usually refers or denotes the mutual relationship that exists between employees and their employers Taylor, Emir, 2019).
. The relationship should always Is required to be a mutual one where there is respect. The employer has an obligation of ensuring that the employee is happy and comfortable in the work place. Through this the employee becomes productive and thus leading to positive results Taylor, Emir, 2019).

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Employees employer relationship cont.…
One way through which employees and employers enhance better working relationship is through promoting better dialogues and communications.
Better and open dialogue is very important in enhancing relations of employees .
Also, it is very important for employers and employees to come up with better discussions to enhance trust.
It also makes it possible for employees to share their grievances and resolve any conflicts.
Better communication makes it easier for employees to express themselves and this makes the issues known to the management for actions.
Asking questions and clarification of ideas is also very key for enhancing mutual relationship.
Being transparency is also another way of enhancing better relationships.

Ensuring that better dialogues exists between employees and employer is one way that ensures that there is better working relationship between employees and employers. It is through this discussion that employees and employer are able to gain trust from each other. Better relationships are also very key in ensuring that employees are able to effectively share their grievances and this ensures there is easy conflict resolutions in the work places.
With better communication, employees are able to effectively express themselves and thus making their issues known to the management for action easily. Through offering platforms for employees to ask questions and seek clarification of instructions and ideas also helps much in creating mutual relationships.
Employers and employees are also required to be transparency in their dealing as this is key to ensuring that there is mutual and better relationships.
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Employees employer relationship cont.…
Among other discussions involves issues that relate to better working conditions, better payments and compensations, discriminations in the employment, employee benefits as well as safety and health issues in the employments Taylor, Emir, 2019).
With better discussion between employees and employers it easier to come up with better relationships that have mutual benefits to both the employees and employers.

Employee employer relationship is also affected by issues that relates to better payments, compensation, discrimination in the work place , employees benefits as well as health and safety issues. Better dialogue are required to exits between employees and employer as this is the only way through which the issues can be solved better (Taylor, Emir, 2019).
Better discussions are key in creating better mutual understanding and relationship that benefits both the employees and the employer.
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Employment discrimination
Employment discrimination refers to a situation where employees are treated differently due to existence of protected class such as gender, race, religion or even sexual orientation among others (McCutcheon, 2014).
Discriminations usually affects worker when it comes to hiring, promotions, firing, job assignments, salaries, trainings and benefits among others.
Today any form of discrimination in work place is illegal in the USA.
The most common work place discrimination in the USA today includes discrimination based on race, disability, age as well as sex.

Employment discriminations refers to treatment of employees differently and according to the protected class in which they belong. Some of the protected class includes gender, race, religion as well as according to sexual orientation among others. ( McCutcheon, 2014). Discrimination of any type has been known to affect workers negatively. Discrimination is known to happen in the hiring process, promotion, firing, job assessment, salaries and in training benefits among others (McCutcheon, 2014). The US government today prohibits any form of discrimination and this has been effective in ensuring that employees are protected from any form of work place discrimination. Among the common form of discrimination that exists in the US today includes discrimination on the bases of race, disability, age as well as sex (McCutcheon, 2014).
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Employment discrimination Cont.…
In most cases discrimination starts from the recruitment process.
The US government has come up with a numbers of laws which protects individuals from discrimination. Which include;
Civil right act 1964-protects against race, religion, nation of origin, religion as well as color (McCutcheon, 2014).
Equal pay act of 1963- protects against discrimination that is based on sex based wages.
Age discrimination in employment (ADEA) act which protects individual above 40 years from discrimination. (McCutcheon, 2014).

Discrimination in most cases starts from the recruitment process where the advertisements usually discriminate against certain groups or individuals The government has come up with a number of laws and regulation that all are aimed at reducing discrimination. The laws include Civil right act 1964-protects against race, religion, nation of origin, religion as well as color. Equal pay act of 1963- protects against discrimination that is based on sex based wages.
Age discrimination in employment (ADEA) act which protects individual above 40 years from discrimination

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Employment discrimination Cont.…
Employment discrimination have been identified to have a number of effects which range from physical to mental.
Some of the mental effects of discrimination includes loss of self control, depression as well as mental disorders (McCutcheon, 2014).
Discrimination also have been identified to also affect the working environment.
Leads to loss of focus in employees
Affects productivity negatively
Organizations should therefore aim at ensuring that there is no form of discrimination as this will improve employees productivity (McCutcheon, 2014).

The effects of discrimination ha been known to be far reaching and range form physical to mental. Employee who have been discriminated against are known to develop mental disorders, depression and even loss their self control in the work place (McCutcheon, 2014). Discrimination leads to poor working culture as it leads to loss of focus in employees as well as other counter productive behaviors such as failing to complete tasks on time, arriving work late and leaving early (McCutcheon, 2014). It is very important for organizations to ensure that all forms of discrimination in the work place are discouraged at all means if they aim at succeeding.
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Types of discrimination
Direct Discrimination
Also called disparate
It occurs when an individual is treated in an unfavorably manner just because the individual belong to a certain protected class such a certain color, religion or even race.
Usually based on certain stereotypes.
The stereotypes leads to unfair assumptions and treatment.
Direct discrimination is usually obvious and intentional (McCutcheon, 2014).

Discrimination in the work places exists in a number of ways and is likely to differ from one organization the other (McCutcheon, 2014). There are various form of discrimination that exists. Although different forms of discrimination exists all have negative effects to employees. Direct discrimination is one type of discrimination (McCutcheon, 2014). Direct discrimination occurs when an individual is treated in an unfavorably manner just because the individual belong to a certain protected class such a certain color, religion or even race. Direct discrimination is based on certain stereotypes that relates certain abilities and qualities to certain protected classes (McCutcheon, 2014). Due to those stereotypes about the protected groups it leads to untrue as well as unfair assumptions on the ability of a certain group and consequently discrimination sets in (McCutcheon, 2014).

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Indirect discrimination
Also called disparate discrimination
It occurs when a policy or other imposed conditions which has a side effect or certain disadvantages to certain protected group.
A single treatment leads to negative effects to an individual or group due to the group or individual characteristics.
Example is implementing a hiring procedure that discriminates women or a minority group.

Indirect discrimination is another form of discrimination that exists in the work place today. Usually occurs when a policy or other imposed conditions which has a side effect or certain disadvantages to certain protected group. It usually occurs in a way where all individual are treated in the same way but the treatment has a negative effect to certain individual due to there protection characteristics  (McCutcheon, 2014). A good example when a company implements hiring procedures which are put to screen women or any other minority groups and thus creating a negative impact to the groups such as indirect racial, religion as well as sexual discrimination.

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Reverse discrimination
Refers to a type of discrimination that discriminates certain members of a majority or dominant group and usually favors certain members of a minority group that was disadvantaged (McCutcheon, 2014).
The disadvantaged group may include groups discriminated due to certain disabilities, status of their families , religion, race as well as sex (McCutcheon, 2014).
Aim is to revert a historical mistreatment to the group.
It therefore aims to redress a previous social inequalities and thus remove the discrimination from the minor group.

Reverse discrimination exists when certain members of a majority group favors members of a minority group that is been disadvantaged. The disadvantaged group may include groups discriminated due to certain disabilities, status of their families , religion, race as well as sex. The main aim of reverse discrimination is mainly to correct past historical mistreatment to a less disadvantaged group (McCutcheon, 2014). This form of discrimination aims to correct a historical social injustice to a group.

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Countering discrimination
Discrimination in work place is a leading cause reduced employees morale, increase employees conflict as well as reduced employees turnover.
Incase a case is reported of possible discrimination of employees, this may cause a nightmare to an organization as it is against the federal laws.
Organizations should therefore ensure that there is no form of discrimination that exists in the organization (McCutcheon, 2014).
According to the US government no employee should be discriminated against.
Organizations needs to come up with measures that needs to be put in place in order to reduce discrimination.

Discrimination brings division in work places and leads to reduced morale, increases conflicts as well as reducing employees turnover. Discrimination can lead to severe consequences to any organization and thus it can be a nightmare to the organization. It is very important for organization to ensure that proper measures are put in place that addresses the issue of discrimination. The US government prohibits any form of discrimination and thus it can attract severe penalties to any organization. Antidiscrimination measures therefore should be put in place to ensure that discrimination is curbed and thus reducing it to zero.
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Countering discrimination
One of the ways to counter discrimination is coming up with anti-Discrimination Policies.
Highlights prohibited behaviors as well as accrued penalties
Organizations should also state that it will not retaliate in taking actions against any individual reported to discriminate (Taylor, Emir, 2019).
Anti-discrimination training should also be done for both new as well as current employees.

Amongst the many ways that can be put in place in countering discrimination, coming up with antidiscrimination policy is one of the effective ways that can be used to counter discrimination. It is therefore very important for organizations to come up with policies that prohibits discrimination and clearly highlight the behaviors that are prohibited and highlight all the penalties that accrue to all those employees violates the anti-discrimination policies (Taylor, Emir, 2019). To ensure that the battle against discrimination is won, organizations needs to emphasize and ensure that there will be no retaliation in taking strict actions to all members involved in discrimination practices. It is also very important for organizations to come up with anti-discrimination training for all new as well as recurrent members in order to ensure that all members are aware of the type of discrimination that exists and how to report or deal with it.
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Countering discrimination
Anti-discriminating campaigns are very important as it makes all employees aware of all discrimination practices and how they should be reported
Employees also need to be trained about the federal laws that ban discrimination in work places as well as the penalties that are accrued (Vladeck, & Peres, 2000).
Enhancing and ensuring there is better avenues for reporting discrimination

Another way of countering discrimination is ensuring to carry out antidiscrimination campaigns. This form of campaigns are vey important in ensuring that employees are aware of their rights when it comes to discrimination as well ways of reporting any incidences of discrimination (Vladeck, & Peres, 2000).
Training on federal law that prohibit discrimination is also very important as it makes employees aware that they are protected by the land laws and this ensures that they are able to air their voices incase they experience discrimination in their places of work. Organizations also need to ensure that there are better ways and avenues that should be used to report all discrimination practices as this would encourage employees to report discrimination.
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Countering discrimination
Establishment of employees anti-discrimination groups.
They are very effective in dealing with discrimination-easy reporting of incidents ( Dovido & Lkizer, 2019)
Finally organizations should ensure that they promote cultural diversity as this reduces chances of discrimination.
Cultural diversity enhances inclusivity and reduces discrimination.

Another very effective way of countering discrimination is through establishment of employees anti-discrimination groups should also help in curbing discrimination in work places. Anti-discrimination groups are able to come up with even very small amount of discrimination that happens in the work place as it is easy for other employees to report discriminating practices (Dovidio & Ikizer, 2019) . Finally organizations should ensure that they promote cultural diversity as this reduces chances of discrimination as it enhances inclusivity in the work place.

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Conclusion
Discrimination is always against the modern society fundamental values.
The consequences of discrimination are severe to both the organizations and individuals.
Through not using stereotype and not judging individuals on the basis of how they look individuals and organization can eliminate discrimination (Vladeck, & Peres, 2000) .
We should all discourage discrimination as it is selfish

The eras of discrimination are long gone and discrimination ought not to be found in the modern society as it is against the moral values. The consequences of discrimination are also far reaching and leads to negative impacts to both organizations and individuals. It is very important for the modern society to do away with the deceiving stereotypes as this only judges individual on their looks and beliefs which is not like (Vladeck, & Peres, 2000). Discrimiantion in itself is selfish and thus sgould be discouraged at all means.
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