Sex Discrimination For Cashiers In Stores HR Staffing Case Study

Instructions

Read the below assignment and tables. Use the information to determine whether there is evidence of sex discrimination for cashiers. For each table, write a brief report explaining why there is or is not adverse impact. If there is, try to identify what might be happening and suggest ways the firm can reduce it.

For each table, write a brief report explaining why there is or is not adverse impact. If there is, try to identify what might be happening and suggest ways the firm can reduce it. Your paper should be no more than three pages in total length.

Topics to Consider:

  1. Adverse Impact
  2. Affirmative Action
  3. Equal Employment

Submission:

Assignments must be uploaded to Blackboard by the end of the assigned week to be counted for credit. You may upload your assignments early if you would like. The filename for your uploaded file should be formatted as such (Last Name, First Name – Assignment #. (for example: Charvat, Matthew-Assignment1)

Assignment #1

Mary was recently hired as an HR generalist at Super Foods, an organic grocery chain. One of her first assignments is to review the store’s data on its cashiers to identify if it’s hiring and promotion practices have had an adverse (disparate) impact on men or women. Mary generated the following reports from the company’s employee database to use in her analyses.

Job Category: Cashiers

Current Cashiers

Availability in Relevant Population

Men

30%

50%

Women

70%

50%

Job Category: Cashiers

# Applicants

# Hired

Selection Rate (in %)

Men

200

100

50%

Women

150

75

50%

Job Category

Cashiers

Stockers

Cleaners

Men

30%

70%

65%

Women

70%

30%

35%