Racism in the Work Place

Racial discrimination at the workplace is, unfortunately, becoming common. It exists in workplaces across the world. With globalization and stop work opportunities, people be traveling across to other countries and settling down. Their culture, traditions, interests, beliefs differ from that of the locals and this leads to a departure of interest, of sorts. This can lead to racial discrimination at places of work, community, schools and so on. On April 14, 2005, the class action fount Gonzalez v.Abercrombie & Fitch, was granted final approval settlement. The settlement requires the retail clothing giant to pay $50 million, slight attorneys fees and costs, to Latino, African American, Asian American and female applicants and employees who charged the company with discrimination. The settlement also requires the company to instal a range of policies and programs to promote novelty among its workforce and to prevent discrimination based on raceway or gender. Abercrombie & Fitch is a clothing retailer marketing to young adults, teenagers and children.It employs over 22,000 employees, most of whom are college-age adults, in over 700 stores throughout the United States. The settlement agreement also contains provisions related to the recruitment, hiring, affair assignment, training, and promotion of Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister, and Abercrombie Kids employees. The provisions include A raw Office and Vice President of Diversity, responsible for coverage to the CEO on Abercrombies progress toward fair employment practices. The hiring of 25 recruiters who entrust focus on and seek women and minority employees. Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Diversity Training for all employees with hiring authority. A new internal complaint procedure. Abercrombie marketing materials that will reflect diversity by including members of minority racial and ethnical groups. In addition, Abercrombie created a $40 million Settlement Fund for distribution to individua l class members. This will total approximately $10 million, bringing the total amount Abercrombie must pay to approximately $50 million.The young men and women who applied to work at Abercrombie should have been judged on their qualifications, and not their skin distort or gender. The class action settlement compensates class members for being subjected to the challenged practices and ensures that Abercrombie will improve its employment practices and diversity efforts nationwide. Given that Abercrombie is a nationwide store, only proves that even today discrimination is very common and everyone should fulfill a stand against it.