Discrimination in the workplace is usually accompanied by a series of insults on a personal or professional level by a superior or immediate superior, and often by persons with whom the worker regularly comes into contact in the performance of their duties.
Most often, it is insulting with derogatory names and raising one’s voice, belittling, putting pressure on other employees to show mistakes in the work of the employee and determining tasks that a person is known to be unable to perform, continuous interruption of work, making written or oral threats, harassment by telephone calls, spreading rumors, taking away all tasks at the workplace so that the victim cannot even design a working day, assigning meaningless tasks or tasks that are below the level of their professional knowledge and qualifications, setting deadlines that are impossible to achieve, etc.
As a consequence of exerting such pressure, a person may suffer mental disorders, a sense of worthlessness that extends to the private level, a sense of helplessness and fear that is present daily, taking a sick leave, and ultimately leaving the workplace. In addition to completely reducing work performance, it usually pushes the person against the wall, where for fear of losing their job, the person “decides” to accept manipulation as something related and natural to the workplace and work tasks.
Equal opportunities in the workplace are a fundamental determinant of a society with a high level of social inclusion. Combating discrimination and managing diversity in companies is the key to achieving equality in the labor market.
The goal of the Mitti (by SafetyCulture) course – Discrimination in the Workplace, is to sensitize all employees to use an approach in working with colleagues, clients, and associates based on the right to equality and non-discrimination. Such an approach will neutralize insensitivity to gender differences, encourage equal treatment of all, regardless of education, social status, property status, disability, age, sexual orientation, etc., but also improve the quality of the work environment.
The purpose of education is to facilitate the application of the law in practice and enable the employer to combat discrimination in the workplace and ensure a work environment in which all employees have equal opportunities at work, including protection against all forms of discrimination.
In particular, the purpose is to:
eliminate discrimination
guide the employer on the steps to be taken to provide employees with a non-discriminatory work environment
promote equal opportunities for in employment and the workplace
Equal opportunities describe a fair distribution of working conditions without discrimination and at the same time acknowledging differences and diversity.
To enable and create equal opportunities for all, there should be a willingness not to discriminate against anyone, as well as the recognition of special needs and discriminatory mechanisms in a society that requires active adaptation. Just treating all job seekers, all team members, or all clients equally is not enough in many cases.
