Course Description
Gender Discrimination in the Workplace
Investigate the origins and causes of gender-based bias and the actions taken to combat it in this free online course. This free online gender discrimination course details the key issues and concepts surrounding gender equality and discrimination in the workplace, through a careful study of societal structures and gender ideologies. This course examines topics including legislation on human rights, collective bargaining in workplaces, cultural roles, wage compression and the gender pay gap, highlighting how conscious and unconscious bias can impact us all.
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| Training Provider | Alison |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Summarise the history of gender issues in the workplace • Explain social role theory • Identify the factors most highly associated with gender and employment equality • Identify the types of approaches to gender relations that appear in national constitutions and laws • Assess the impact of each of these types of approaches • Describe the impact of culture on interpretations of legislative initiatives • State the effect of collective bargaining on gender equality • Explain the impact parental leave has on the workplace and its employees • Assess the impact of minimum wage laws and wage compression on gender pay equality • Explain how shortages and surpluses in the supply of female labour affect gender pay equality |
| Course Code | 2914 |
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