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Avoiding Employment and discrimination Issues
from:Employment and discrimination are two things that no longer go together. Whereas employers used to have the rights to hire and fire at will, no matter the reason or cause, a series of federal laws and the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have ended the viability of unfair practices. Employers that want to avoid employment and discrimination issues can do themselves a very big favor by taking a few steps in regard to handling employee management.
Some of the best practices employers can adopt to avoid employment and discrimination issues include:
• The creation of formal policies. Writing down formal policies for hiring, firing and even for job descriptions and the factors that should be used in determining promotions and salaries can very much help. These written documents, when well drafted and actually used, can ensure uniformity in handling employee issues.
• Panel reviews for hiring, firing and promotion candidates. When several managers are brought in for a joint decision-making process to determine who gets hired, when a firing is in order and who should get a promotion, the chances for complaints are reduced. Joint decisions can help take the burden off a single manager and also tend to present as fairer proving grounds for potential employees and current ones, as well.
• Manager and employee training. Making sure that all employees – especially managers – are properly trained to understand and avoid employment and discrimination issues is a vital step. This can help ensure that ignorance doesn't get a firm sued. While this also gives employees the knowledge they need to file complaints, the training can prevent those complaints from cropping up in the first place.
• Careful reviews of all employment-related documents, advertisements and so on. It is very important for employers to ensure their help wanted ads, interview processes and other hiring practices are fair and non-discriminatory. When the right practices are put into play, employment and discrimination in regard to advertising and hiring generally will not be an issue.
• Creation of job descriptions. When well defined job descriptions are put into place, it is much easier for employers to prove why a particular candidate is simply more suited for a job than another. This can also help lessen the chances of employment and discrimination complaints as employees or potential employees will be better able to determine their own qualifications based on skills.
Businesses and employees that want to avoid employment and discrimination issues can do their parts by ensuring practices are clear and that they are fair. When employers understand employment and discrimination issues and employees do, too, the chances for misunderstandings or inadvertent violations of the law are reduced.
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