Everyone in the United States has the right to be treated fairly in employment. Equal employment opportunity laws exist to ensure that an organization’s employees can work unimpeded by improper bias that could affect their employment. This course addresses personal characteristics that are protected by law or an organization’s policy that may be improperly considered regarding employment conditions, such as recruitment, terms and conditions and termination. This course explores how employment discrimination involves making employment decisions based on protected personal characteristics, and the need to ensure that managers do not make illegal or otherwise improper employment decisions. This course provides an overview of employment discrimination.

Course Length: 8 minutes