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This 11 page paper considers a scenario where a female employee is suffering discrimination from other employees as a result of her race, gender and age. The paper looks at the causes of discrimination and the actions or strategies that the employer may adopt to deal with the problem as well as reduce or eliminate their potential liability. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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gained. However, reality is that the benchmark companies demonstrating the benefits are likely to be outnumbered by firms that have potential problems, as seen at the case of Bramley Construction
Ltd (BCL)1, with the appointment of a new health and safety officer; Mary Harper has been appointed to this important position, but is suffering as a result of her gender,
race and young age. There is a wealth legislation which protects individuals from discrimination, but the reality is that where discrimination occurs the law will not prevent the actions
that manifest as a result of discrimination at many levels. However, the law does place an obligation or duty on employers to take actions to prevent discrimination occurring and to
take action when it does occur. The law may be able to regulate behaviours and seek to provide motivation to gain compliance as well as serve as a way of
penalising non compliant employers. For Mary, this means there is a potential actionable case due to the discrimination that is occurring, for the employers this means there is a potential
liability that could harm the firms image and have a financial cost. Therefore, when the issue is brought to the attention of the management there should be clear motivations to
undertake actions that will remedy the situation. The case study concerning BCL appears to indicate that the problem is not with management
of the firm. If there were gender or age discrimination then it is unlikely that Mary would have been employed as the safety officer in an industry that is predominantly
male. It is also unlikely that the management have race or ethnic issues due to the predominantly Asian workforce that are employed. The problem Mary faces is prejudice and discrimination
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