Sexual Harassment: Know Your Rights | ||||||||||||||||||
Have you been sexually harassed? Do you feel uncomfortable because of posters or discussions that touch on sex at your workplace? The Sex Discrimination Ordinance protects you from sexual harassment and from hostile environments. |
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Case Analysis: Equal Rule=Equal Opportunities? | ||||||||||||||||||
Indirect discrimination is less obvious than direct discrimination. In this case, an employee with disability complained to the EOC that he had been indirectly discriminated by his employer during a promotion exercise because his employer applied the same rule, which was not justifiable, to him and other applicants without taking measures to accommodate his disability. |
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Respecting People with Different Family Status – Sharing of Nancy Sit and Jessie Yu | ||||||||||||||||||
Famous artiste Ms Nancy Sit and the Chief Executive of the HK Single Parents Association Ms Jessie Yu were invited to share their tears and joys of being a single mother at the EOC’s “Career Challenge Mentorship Programme”. Among others, they also talked about how they were discriminated against while looking for jobs or places to rent. |
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Mental Health Month 2009 – Free Seminar for HR Practitioners on 5 Nov | ||||||||||||||||||
Mental Health Month is an annual programme to raise awareness about mental health issues. Highlight of the 2009 programme features a free seminar cum workshop focusing on promoting mental health at the workplace.
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