Discrimination In The Workplace

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Exploitation of workers and discrimination in the workforce can be in things such as the pay gap, or unequal opportunities for some people due to their gender, sexuality, disability, race, beliefs, marital status, age, weight and sometimes just appearances. This sort of discrimination has been occurring all over the world for as long as we can remember, but even now that it is a known issue, and there are laws against it, there has been little to no improvement in this issue. Some laws that prohibit discrimination in the workplace, particularly include;

Some major examples of discrimination in the workplace are Trump’s ban on Transgender Troops to serve in the US Military, unequal opportunities (missing out on things such as promotions or …show more content…

Canada - The Canadian Human Rights Act - all Canadian Provinces except Newfoundland, Alberta, and Prince Edward Island.
Denmark - The Danish Penal Code
Finland - The Finnish Penal Code
France - The French Penal Code
Iceland - The Icelandic Penal Code
Ireland - The Irish Employment Discrimination Law and The Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act
Israel - Israel’s Knesset
The Netherlands - The Dutch Penal Code and Article One of the Constitution and The Equal Treatment Commission
New Zealand - The New Zealand Human Rights Act
Norway - The Norwegian Penal Code
Slovenia - The Slovenic Penal Code
South Africa - The South African Constitution
Spain - The Spanish Penal Code

that was once though to just be the ‘gender pay gap’ but in actual fact, the pay gap occurs due to race, sexuality, beliefs, marital status, age, weight as well as gender.
But the pay gap is not just the difference between males and females and men having more options and opportunities than women, but it is also between Genderqueer and cisgender people, Queer and Straight people, disabled people and non-disabled people, people of colour and white people, young or old, and people of different religions and beliefs. This discrimination became even more evident when newly elected president of America, Donald Trump, placed a ban on transgender people entering the US armed forces and serving …show more content…

This sparked uproar among the citizens of the US, with many taking to the streets in protest, and the next day on the 27th of July, the Pentagon said that no policies would be changed and no action will be taken to remove transgender troops from the armed forces until the Pentagon had more details from the white house. In the tweet Trump sent out to inform the US citizens of his decision, he wrote “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow......” and 9 minutes later followed up with “....Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming.....”. Trump later argued that the military “cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would

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