Diversity in the workforce



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Abstract

Organizations in the present scenario are characterized as one having employees who belong to different cultures, social groups, have different beliefs, values, opinion, preferences and require that the management acknowledges their differences and provide them with equal employment opportunities. Human Resource managers play an effective role in the development of strategies and policies that cater the issue of workforce diversity in a highly changing workforce environment. This research paper is written with an objective to highlight the way company develops a non-discriminative and productive workforce covering the issues that may affect that diversity. In addition, the paper also emphasizes that in the scenario of changing workforce how the HR manager can create strategies and policies to handle the workforce diversity issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Workforce Diversity_ An important consideration1

Discrimination in Employment and occupation2

Development of a non-discriminatory and productive workforce4

New workers recruitment5

Retrenchment and Restructuring5

Payment and Promotion6

Religion or belief6

Race, caste, nationality and ethnic origin7

Discrimination on the basis of gender7

Dismissal for cause8

Training and Development8

Workplace Harassment8

Protection given to women in case of maternity condition9

Migrant workers9

Creation of policies and strategies by the Human Resource Manager10

Strategies formulated at individual level11

Strategies formulated at group level11

Strategies formulated at organizational level12

Conclusion12

References14

Diversity in the workforce

Introduction

One of the important components that remain associated with the key principles of the international community is the non-discriminatory and productive workforce that has an access to equal opportunities. These concepts have strong roots in the universal principles for humanity rights, equality and fundamentals of freedom. The prevalent trend in the emerging markets witness that the companies that seek to set examples of corporate social responsibility and want to be a leader while building a productive and diverse workforce must have the potential to address the workforce diversity issues in the workplace. Businesses that remain successful in doing so assertively take actions to eliminate discriminatory practices prevalent within their organizations and thus generate the conditions for diversity and equal opportunity for the employees. An important part in making the strategies to cater the needs of the diverse workforce is played by the Human Resource Manager that ultimately provides the organizations with a number of benefits. In this research paper the issue of diversity in the workforce is highlighted by emphasizing the role of the organization along with the Human Resource manager to make policies and strategies that enable the adoption and changing the workforce within the organization.

Workforce Diversity_ An important consideration

Workplace discrimination issues might appear in number of forms and can have a considerable impact in access to employment as well as the employee treatment once the job is provided (International Finance Corporation, 2006). A study was conducted by the Ministry of Manpower in the year 2010 according to which 87% of the companies agreed to the fact that business outcomes to great extent are influenced by the workplace harmony and thus it is an important element for the achievement of the desired outcomes. Researches have shown that well-managed diverse teams have an ability to outperform as compared ...