Affinity Orientation Discrimination Paper
Mariam Mikul
Professor Rona Layton
MGT 358 Employment Law
8 November 2014
Labor Laws in Regards to Gender and Affinity Orientation Discrimination: EU vs. USA
A successful company will inevitably grow, and very often it will expand beyond the boundaries of its original country. Being an international company brings a lot of benefits, but it also carries certain challenges—one of them is the difference between the US labor laws and that of a host country where the company decided to expand into. When a US company goes international, one of the likely places it chooses first is the European Union. This paper will outline some differences and similarities between the employment laws of the USA and the EU with regards to battling the gender and affinity discrimination at a workplace. Affinity orientation discrimination is the issue that came to light decades later than the gender discrimination, and while the gender anti-discrimination acts were similar nature in both the USA and the EU, the way affinity discrimination was dealt by these two entities differed significantly, as it becomes evident in …show more content…
Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights offers protection against sexual discrimination in general terms by stating that “Any discrimination based on any ground such as … or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.” Member States had until December 2nd of 2003 to implement this directive by bringing their existing national laws in line with the Directive or by implementing new
Professor Rona Layton
MGT 358 Employment Law
8 November 2014
Labor Laws in Regards to Gender and Affinity Orientation Discrimination: EU vs. USA
A successful company will inevitably grow, and very often it will expand beyond the boundaries of its original country. Being an international company brings a lot of benefits, but it also carries certain challenges—one of them is the difference between the US labor laws and that of a host country where the company decided to expand into. When a US company goes international, one of the likely places it chooses first is the European Union. This paper will outline some differences and similarities between the employment laws of the USA and the EU with regards to battling the gender and affinity discrimination at a workplace. Affinity orientation discrimination is the issue that came to light decades later than the gender discrimination, and while the gender anti-discrimination acts were similar nature in both the USA and the EU, the way affinity discrimination was dealt by these two entities differed significantly, as it becomes evident in …show more content…
Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights offers protection against sexual discrimination in general terms by stating that “Any discrimination based on any ground such as … or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.” Member States had until December 2nd of 2003 to implement this directive by bringing their existing national laws in line with the Directive or by implementing new