Module 1 - SLP

Equal Employment Opportunity & HRM

Before you start this assignment, be sure that you are familiar with the following laws and their amendments:

Americans with Disabilities Act (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

Title VII—specifically Religious Accommodation in this module. (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

“Reasonable Accommodation” and “Undue Hardship” (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

EEOC Enforcement Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation and Undue Hardship Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (Click on the link for a brief overview.)

There are primarily two U.S. governmental agencies responsible for enforcing EEO laws. They are the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). In this assignment we will focus on the EEOC, and in Module 2 we will look at the OFCCP.

Integrate your responses to the following as you prepare your paper:

Under law, employers must meet reasonable accommodation expectations concerning religion and disability.

• What, specifically and succinctly, are these expectations?
• Who enforces these expectations?
• Provide two specific private sector workplace examples of reasonable accommodations from your readings/research (stating employers by name)—one for religion, and one for disability.

Use at least 3 Trident Online Library sources plus any applicable background readings to help strengthen your discussion.

Submit your paper by the module due date. The paper should be 2-3 pages, not counting the cover and reference pages.