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Application of Federal Laws and Regulations Related to Human Resource

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Application of Federal Laws and Regulations Related to Human Resource Management
Mike was feeling overwhelmed in his new job as Manager of Small Products, a division of Large Corporation. The Vice President for Human Resources had called this morning to congratulate him on his promotion and to inquire as to whether he was comfortable with the major laws and regulations that were important now that he was a manager. In the course of one day, he had four employees with problems that he thought were related to these laws.
-Maryann has complained to Mike that she and Jonathan perform the same job and that she believes she is earning less than Jonathan. What law prohibits pay differences between men and women for equal work?

Recognize the significance of diverse representation in leadership and the challenges faced by minority groups in achieving leadership positions.

Analyze the impact of "whitening" resumes on job callback rates and discuss the implications for racial discrimination in hiring practices.

Examine the experiences of age discrimination among different age groups within the workforce.

Understand the effects of gender, age, and racial stereotypes on management and workplace dynamics.

Definitions:

Sociocentrism

The tendency to view one's own social group as centrally important and superior to other groups.

Symbolic Thinking

The ability to use symbols, words, or objects to represent something that is not physically present.

Preoperational Child

A stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development describing children aged 2 to 7, characterized by the development of language and symbolic thought but limited in logical reasoning.

Conservation

In cognitive psychology, the principle that properties of substances such as weight and mass remain the same (are conserved) when superficial characteristics such as their shapes or arrangement are changed.