Scenario 3.3 You Have Recently Been Hired as the HR Manager for Manager

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Scenario 3.3
You have recently been hired as the HR manager for KM Contracting, a medium-sized construction company with offices throughout Canada. Many of the company's trades employees are unionized, and one of the company's largest contracts is with the federal government. It has come to your attention that Ms. Jones, an elderly woman who works as an office clerk, has been humiliated and treated disrespectfully about her obesity for 11 years. She has been called offensive names and heard comments about the way she "waddles." During this time, her manager criticized her work performance and stated that "women are best working at home in the kitchen." She has been passed over for promotions and no longer applies for other positions because of her low self-esteem resulting from the intimidating workplace environment. The company's discrimination policy states that it promotes a work environment that is free from discrimination. Managers have stated that they cannot always distinguish between inappropriate or illegal discrimination behaviours. The CEO has asked you to educate all levels of management about the legal requirements that must be met in recruitment and selection. He also wants you to develop some practical nondiscriminatory recruitment and selection guidelines for all employees.
-Refer to Scenario 3.3. The HR manager must follow many steps concerning Ms. Jones's situation. What step does NOT need to be considered?

• A) Clarify and ensure acceptance of discrimination and complaint policies and procedures.
• B) Treat all situations and complaints seriously, and investigate immediately.
• C) Do not intervene in situations of possible discrimination unless there has been a formal complaint.
• D) Meet with and document discussions with all involved employees.

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A numeric evaluation of the size of the effect observed in an experiment.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing, derived from the standardized difference between a sample statistic and its hypothesized population value, divided by the standard error.

Perfect Relationship

Refers to a situation where two variables move together in either 100% positive or 100% negative linear correlation, indicating a direct relationship without any variation.

Variance

Variance is a statistical measurement that describes the spread of numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.