Employment Discrimination In HRM 320: Employment Law

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Employment Discrimination Employment Discrimination HRM 320: Employment Law DeVry University Prof. Kritske HRM 320: Employment Law DeVry University Prof. Kritske Elizabeth Larson Elizabeth Larson There are many aspects to human resources, one of which is handling harassment or discrimination claims which come in various forms. Such cases must be handled delicately and promptly, this way the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is not involved and the case in handled internally rather than externally. According to the U.S. Department of State, (Discriminatory Harassment Policy), “Employees must not harass anyone because of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation,…show more content…
The petitioner, Vance, alleged that Davis, whom Vance claimed was her supervisor, had created a racially hostile work environment in violation of Title VII. Under EEOC’s guidelines, it states that for harassment to be unlawful “the conduct must create a work environment that would be intimidating, hostile, or offensive to reasonable people” (Harassment). Furthermore, if the harassment stems from a supervisor, the company is held liable for the harassment charges, in this case Ball State University (BSU) would be held liable but only if Davis was indeed the supervisor. In this particular case, Davis and Vance are mere co-workers and the only way BSU would be held accountable is if they took no action against complaints filed by Vance, which they did follow through…show more content…
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