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EQUAL

EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
(EEO)
OBJECTIVES
• Promoting equal
opportunity and treatment
in employment
• Promote everyone's right
to equal chances
• To eradicate discrimination and
sexual harassment as much as
feasible
• To offer justice for those whose
rights have been violated.
OBJECTIVES
• Define employment
discrimination and describes
its various forms
• Cite various discriminatory
HRM issues that impact
organization’s HR practices
• Identify and discuss the
various Equal Employment
Opportunity (EEO) laws in the
Pakistan.
Equal employment opportunity is an employment practice where
employers do not engage in employment activities that are prohibited by
law. It is illegal for employers to discriminate against an applicant or
employee on the basis of:

Race
Color
Gender Family Or
Sexual Career’s
Preference Age Responsibilities
Physical Or Pregnancy
Mental Disability Religion
Marital Status Political Opinion
National
Extraction Social
Origin
Employment
Discrimination
When an employer treats an applicant or
employee
unfairly because of their race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, handicap, or status as a protected
veteran, this is known as
employment discrimination.
TYPES OF DISCRIMINATION
 Direct discrimination
occurs when laws, policies or regulations exclude individual workers
or groups
of workers on grounds of personal criteria like race, color, sex,
religion, sexual orientation, etc

 Indirect discrimination
occurs when apparently neutral rules and practices have a
disproportionate
effect on members of a particular group

 Multiple discrimination
happens where several personal characteristics like sex, age,
marital status or
Examples of Employment
Discrimination
Assigning one race employees to a particular work
area Paying women less than men for the same
work
Teasing employees who speak with an accent that goes beyond
occasional or a single incident
Promoting only certain employees based on their sex or race
Requiring tests, like math tests or lifting requirements, that are not
related to doing the job but that screen out applicants of particular
groups Denying paid sick leave to female employees recovering from
childbirth Firing an employee for his religion and beliefs.
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
Sexual harassment in the workplace is a kind
of sex discrimination that has a detrimental
influence on the office environment, hinders
gender equality at work, leads to unjust
employment practices, and damages workers'
dignity and well-being.
THE
LAWS
THE
LAWS
Most prominent laws
regarding Equal
opportunity and
discrimination are listed
below
Employment and
Equal Opportunity
Laws
 Industrial and Commercial Employment (Standing Orders) Ordinance, 1968: Covers employment
protections for workers in industrial and commercial sectors, including basic rights, fair wages, and job
security.
 Factories Act, 1934, and Shops and Establishments Ordinance, 1969: While these laws focus on working
conditions, they also address issues of non-discrimination regarding workplace safety, health, and working
hours.
Constitutional
Provisions

 Article 25 : Guarantees equality before the law and prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.
 Article 26 : Focus on equality of access to public spaces and protect against discrimination in public
sector employment.
 Article 34 : Encourages the full participation of women in all areas of national life.
 Article 36 : Guarantees the protection of minorities and safeguards their rights.
The Protection Against
Harassment of Women at
Workplace Act, 2010

 Enacted to protect employees from harassment at work, especially women, this law requires organizations to
create a harassment-free environment.
 It obliges employers to establish an inquiry committee to address complaints and allows penalties for those
found guilty of harassment.
Transgender Persons
(Protection of Rights)
Act, 2018
 This law is significant in that it protects the rights of transgender persons and prohibits
discrimination in public spaces, education, employment, and healthcare.
 It also allows transgender persons the right to self-identify their gender.
Disabled Persons
(Employment and
Rehabilitation) Ordinance,
1981

 The ordinance aims to integrate disabled persons into the workforce, mandating a 2%
employment quota in both public and private sectors.
 It seeks to eliminate discrimination and promote the economic empowerment of people with
disabilities.
LABOR CODE
AROUND THE GLOBE

RIGHTS OF
EMPLOYEES
RIGHTS OF
EMPLOYEES
The Bureau of Working Conditions, a staff
department of the Department of Labor and
Employment, compiled a
list of Basic Rights that every worker is entitled
to. These rights ensure the safety and health of
all workers.
1. EQUAL WORK
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL

The State shall protect labor, promote full employment,


provide equal work opportunity regardless of gender,
race, or creed; and regulate relations between
employees and employers.
2. SECURITY OF TENURE

Every employee shall be assured security of tenure. No


employee can be dismissed from work except for a just
or authorized cause, and only after due process.
Just cause refers to any wrongdoing committed by an
employee; authorized cause refers to economic
circumstances that are not the employee’s fault.
3. WORK DAYS AND WORK
HOURS
An employee must be paid their wages for all hours
worked. If their work hours fall between 10:00 p.m. and
6:00 a.m., they are entitled to night shift pay in addition
to their pay for regular work hours. If they work over
eight hours a day, they are entitled to overtime pay.
4. FEMALE EMPLOYEES

Women are prohibited from engaging in night work


unless the work is allowed by the following rules:
industrial undertakings from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.,
commercial/non-industrial undertakings from 12 m.n.
to 6 a.m., or agricultural takings at night provided that
she has had nine consecutive hours of rest.
Welfare facilities, such as separate dressing rooms and
5. EMPLOYMENT OF
CHILDREN
The minimum employment age is 15 years of age. Any
worker below 15 years of age should be directly under
the sole responsibility of parents or guardians
provided that work does not interfere with the child’s
schooling or development.
The minimum age of employment is 18 years for
hazardous jobs, and 15 years for non-hazardous jobs.
6. SAFE WORKING
CONDITIONS
Employers must provide workers with every kind of
on-the-job protection against injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working conditions.
7. RIGHTS TO SELF-
ORGANIZATION AND
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING
Every worker has the right to self-organization, i.e., to
form or to join any legitimate workers’ union, free from
interference of their employer or the government. All
workers may join a union for the purpose of collective
bargaining and is eligible for union membership on the
first day of their employment.
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