HTM 330 Assignment Week 2

Please see slides 10-14 in Week 2 PowerPoint and complete the following

You can work in groups of 2 or individually

Bullet points are ok

Please complete in the blank area, save, and submit in the Assignments Folder by next

a) Complete the table below by choosing the type of discrimination each violation/situation represents:

1. Direct Discrimination (D)
2. Indirect Discrimination (ID)
3. Systemic Discrimination (S) or
4. Bona Fide Occupational Qualification/Requirement (B)

b) Explain your answer (bullet points ok)

Violation/Situation:

A company rule says that all people on site must wear a hard hat.

Sikh employee wears a turban and requests accommodation because ot his creed. Without conducting an individual assessmen of the accommodation request and the risks to the employee or other people in the workplace, the employer denies the request based on the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Discrimination Type and Why?

You recently immigrated to Canada. You apply for an apartment.

The landlord reviews your application and says that she won't rent to you if you cannot provide Canadian landlord or credit references or show a long full-time employment history.

A woman is one of tour peonle granted 10b interviews. from a bool of several dozen people who sent in resumes by mail. When she appears in person, the interviewer seems surnrised and uncomfortable does not make eve contact. and seems to hurry through the interview. The woman feels that the interviewer assumed that she was gender-diverse based on aspects of her gender presentation such as her hairstyle and clothing. She later learns that she did not get the position, but the company does not explain its decision.

Playing hockey is expensive (fees and gear), time consuming for families, requires transportation and accommodating work schedule, and is conducted in English. While there is no 'intent' to exclude non-English speaking, lower-income, shift-working, single-parent families from playing organized hockey, playing hockey has been designed by and for middle-class, professional white families.

The complainant alleged a 5'8" height restriction prohibited the majority of applicants from his racial background from obtaining employment.

Susan requested that she be given accommodation (due to a visual impairment) when completing her online pre-employment test at the employer's office after being successful in the first round of interviews. She was not given any accommodation and the day after her pre-employment test, she was told her poor test results disqualified her from the next round of interviews.

"My boss told me we don't hire men at the beauty salon because we are worried the girls will flirt with them. You recently immigrated to Canada. You apply for an apartment.

The landlord reviews your application and says that she won't rent to you if you cannot provide Canadian landlord or credit references or show a long full-time employment history.

I tour people granted 1ob interviews, from a pool of severa

dozen people who sent in resumes by mail. When she appears in person. the interviewer seems surprised and uncomfortable, does not make eye contact, and seems to hurry through the interview. The woman feels that the interviewer assumed that she was gender-diverse based on aspects of her gender presentation such as her hairstyle and clothing. She later learns that she did not get the position. but the comban does not exolain its decision.

Playing hockey is expensive (fees and gear), time consuming for families, requires transportation and accommodating work schedule, and is conducted in English. While there is no 'intent' to exclude non-English speaking, lower-income, shift-working, single. parent families from playing organized hockey, playing hockey has been designed by and for middle-class, professional white families.

The complainant alleged a 5'8" height restriction prohibited the majority of applicants from his racial background from obtaining employment.

Susan requested that she be given accommodation (due to a (visual impairment) when completing her online pre-employment test at the emplover's oftice after being successful in the first round of interviews. She was not given any accommodation and the day after her pre-employment test, she was told her poor test results disqualified her from the next round of interviews.

My boss told me we don't hire men at the beauty salon because we are worried the girls will flirt with them."

The complainant alleged that she was asked to submit a photo with her application form for a customer service position.

A parent of a child with a severe disability is fired after missing work too many times to deal with medical emergencies

The complainant alleged that the employer discriminated against her by terminating her emplovment after learning that she was pregnant (which she knew during the selection process).