Sexual orientation discrimination
Abstract
Al though we have legislation that, at least in theory, protects employees from discrimination, discrimination still occurs. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in all areas of employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin. This includes sexual harassment, a form of discrimination which involves “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favours, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when submission to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment’ (www.eeoc.gov). However, it does not specifically protect against other forms of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Citation
Dawson, G.A. (2005), "Sexual orientation discrimination", Equal Opportunities International, Vol. 24 No. 3/4, pp. 46-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150510788060
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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