The Gender Wage Gap Traditionally, the gender wage gap refers to when women make less compared to men for doing the same occupation. ... There is significant data that points to an ongoing gender wage gap and the reasons why this gap still exists. ... Other opinions are that the gender wage gap highlights ongoing inequalities between men and women. ... Cool (2010) further supports the idea that the gender wage gap is largely due to women's imbalance between family and work life. ... The term "double burden" applies to the gender wage gap between men and women, and women with an...

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Aspects such as meaningfulness of tasks within the role, aspects of feelings towards the role, individual perceived performance levels, the amount of effort given by employees and the level of employee satisfaction with aspects such as working environment, co-workers and management. ... Employee engagement is defined by Kahn as "the harnessing of organisational members' selves to their work roles; in engagement, people employ and express themselves physically, cognitively and emotionally during role performances" (Kahn, W.A. 1990). ... Engagement - Definition Kahn (1990), was credited wit...

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When we talk about diversity we mean all the differences between people, whether they are gender, religion, race or any other differences. In other words, diversity relates to gender, age, language, ethnicity, cultural background, sexual orientation, religious belief and family responsibility. ... As well as the widely recognised ethnicity and gender variables of diversity, there are other kinds of diversity that have important implications for the workplace. ...

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Poverty, accounted for 21.9% of total population (World Bank 2011), and attitude against female education cause widespread illiteracy, especially in many rural areas (Thomas 2012) and the gender gap in educational levels are problems. ... Its role is an advisor for informal sectors. ...

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Hence, they provide stiff competition especially since locals now prefer domestic companies which "can offer more senior roles" (Dewhurst et al. 2012). ... Diversity is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (Green et al. 2002). ...

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Tribunals The EOC has looked at 54 employment tribunal decisions, in sexual harassment cases that were heard between 1998 and 2001, to see what those cases revealed. Successful cases The employee Thirty-four cases were successful. In three of those cases the person making the complaint was male...

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While the first wave of these programs were primarily to support women with children, today's work/life programs are less gender-specific and recognize other commitments as well as those of the family (HR Practices). ...

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Employee job satisfaction can be influenced by a number of factors including the behaviour of the supervisor, peer and supervisor's communication skills, organisational policies, gender issues (Bass, 1990). ...

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Key phrases: age discrimination, hostile work environment, injunctive relief, discovery, discriminatory animus   Age Discrimination and Mandatory Retirement The United States Supreme Court has engaged in taking an active role in shaping the employment discrimination laws under Title VII of the Civil Rights Acts of 1963 and 1991, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), as well as the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of (ADEA)(Jennings, 2012). ... The Supreme Court applies the same standard for determining discriminatory intent in age cases as it applies to cases broug...

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