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DO MEN AND WOMEN DESERVE THE SAME PAY?

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  WHAT IS EQUALITY IN WORKPLACE? Equality in the workplace means equal job opportunities and fairness for employees and job applicants. You must not treat people unfairly because of reasons protected by discrimination law ( 'protected characteristics' ) For example, because of  a person's sex, age or race. Figure 1 : It's equal pay day. ( entrepreneur.com, March 15, 2022) WHY lS EQUALITY IMPORTANT IN THE WORKPLACE? Equality in the workplace helps brings together workers from all different backgrounds, and puts all perspectives on the table. This promotes intra-company and inter-company networking and boost morale,and boosts cohesive teams focused on acheiving positive results for the company. EQUALITY PAY IN WORKPLACE The equal pay Act requires that men and women in the same workplace be given equal pay for equal work. The jobs need not to be identical, but they must be substentially equal. Job content, ( not job titles ) determines whether jobs are substantially equal...

CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION IN HR

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  WHAT IS CULTURE?  Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and instructions of a population that are passed dow n from generation to generation. FEW DEFINITIONS OF CULTURE ''Culture means the ideas, cutoms and social behaviour of a particular people or society.'' ( African - Caribbean culture ) ''The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual acheivement regarded collectively.'' ( 20 th century popular culture )  Figure 1: Multicultural Characteristics ( stratergicpsychology.com.au) WHAT IS COMMUNICATION ? Communication is a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behaviour. FEW DEFINITIONS OF COMMUNICATION '' Communication is transfer of information from one person to another, whether or not it elicits confidence. But the information transferred must be understandable to the reciever.'' ( G.G.Brown ) '' Communication is th...