the government introducing and policing the equal opportunities act. This enforced a minimum minority employment statistic throughout workforces, and also in specific job roles. Companies were then forced to advertise in media that would be specific to the natured target audience.
Be it to increase a female workforce, you would have to advertise in a media read or watched by predominantly females.
Finally the government then requested that companies keep track of the current cross section of employees, stating creed, colour, sex as catagories in order to have a reflection of the cross section
Affirmative Action
hiring minorities and the handicapped
Is called positive discrimination......and it creates other problems....the best person should always get the job.
They get paid to hire minorities!The government gives them a set amount of money for each hired after a certain amount of time.
The civil service system is a system of hiring and promoting employees based upon the merit system. The merit system is the opposite of the spoils system.
Affirmative Action
Banned discriminaction in government hiring
There isn't supposed to be favoritism in hiring minorities. However, some employers are so afraid of getting sued that they bend over backwards to hire minorities which is actually a form of prejudice in hiring.
A merit system is the process of hiring and promoting people based on their ability to do their job.
The passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act signed into law by President Johnson promoted the hiring of women andminorities . In the 1970's pressure against discrimination in job giving because of race, color , creed or sex was met head on by the passage of fair employment acts. In the late 1960's and early 70's Yale and Princeton allowed females to enroll for the first time.
The Supreme Court ruled that certain industries had a history of discrimination in hiring &. certain industries had a history of discrimination in hiring.
The passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act signed into law by President Johnson promoted the hiring of women andminorities . In the 1970's pressure against discrimination in job giving because of race, color , creed or sex was met head on by the passage of fair employment acts. In the late 1960's and early 70's Yale and Princeton allowed females to enroll for the first time.