Chapter 3 Flashcards
The set of laws and policies that requires all individuals’ rights to equal opportunity in the workplace, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
The state shall promote equal opportunities in employment for everyone regardless of the age
RA 10911 Anti-Age Discrimination in Employment Act Section 2. Declaration of Policies
Creates the expectation and program requirements that companies make a positive effort to recruit, hire, train, and promote employees from groups who are underrepresented in the labor force
Affirmative Action
Stipulated by _____, affirmative action requires employers to take positive steps to ensure that employment of applicants and treatment of employees during employment are without regard to race, creed, color, or national origin
Executive Order 11246
Refers to any actual or perceived difference among people: age, race, religion, functional specialty, profession, sexual orientation, gender identity, geographic origin, lifestyle, tenure with the organization or position, and any other perceived difference, including values and nontraditional work experiences
Diversity
Ensuring that factors are in place to provide for an encourage the continued development of a diverse workforce by melding actual and perceived differences among workers to achieve maximum productivity
Diversity Management
An act prohibiting discrimination against any individual in employment on account of age
R.A. 10911
Prohibits discrimination with respect to terms and conditions of employment solely on the basis of sex
R.A. 6725
It shall be unlawful for any employer to discriminate against any woman employee with respect to terms and conditions for employment solely on account of her sex
Labor Code of the Philippines Section 1 Article 135. Discrimination Prohibited
The Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities, identified employment as one of the rights and privileges of persons with disability. The said law provides for equal opportunity for employment for all including PWDs
R.A. 7277
Reorganized the POEA and expanded its powers and functions to enhance its effectiveness in responding to changing market and economic conditions and to strengthen the worker protection and regulation components of the overseas employment program
Executive Order No. 247, s. 1987
Protect the rights of Filipino workers overseas to have fair & equitable recruitment and placement practice to ensure their welfare
Executive Order No. 247, s. 1987
Illegal recruitment shall mean any act of canvassing, enlisting, contracting, transporting, utilizing, hiring, or procuring workers and includes referring, contract services, promising or advertising for employment abroad, whether for profit or not, when undertaken by a non-license or non-holder of authority
R.A. 8042
An act establishing a code of conduct and ethical standards for public officials and employees, to uphold the time-honored principle of public office being a public trust, granting incentives and rewards for exemplary service, enumerating prohibited acts and transactions
R.A. 6713
Every public official and employee shall observe the following as standards of personal conduct in the discharge and execution of official duties
Sec 4. Norms of Conduct of Public Officials and Employees