Question

1. What organizations, companies, agencies have been accused of discrimination? 2. Which employment act(s) did these organizations, companies, agencies violate? 3. What exactly was done to violate these acts?

Answer 1

1. There are various companies which have been accused of discrimination at the workplace. Some of the famous companies accused for the same are Wal-Mart, Nike, Google, General Electric, etc.

2. The above-mentioned companies were accused of violating the following employment acts:

• Title VII of Civil rights Act, 1964 : This act invalidates any kind of discrimination or harassment at the workplace based on age, sex, gender, etc.
• Equal Employment Opportunities Act, 1972: This act ensures that equal employment opportunities are provided to all candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, etc.
• Equal Pay Act, 1963: Any kind of wage disparity for the same job, based on any condition like age, sex, nationality, etc. is considered unethical.

3. Wal-Mart has been discriminating against the female store managers of the company. They are being paid quite less and are not offered promotions or better career opportunities at the company.

Nike was accused of indulging in racial discrimination as well as gender discrimination.

Google, though famous for being employee centric, has been accused, time and again of age discrimination and favoring younger candidates over older ones during recruitment and selection.

Over 60 African American employees at GE had filed a suit against the company, stating that the company’s policies are biased and they are being discriminated based on their race.