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Age discrimination and how it can be reduced

Unfortunately, we live in a society where jobs roles are discriminated against on the basis of age, gender, race, religious beliefs, and language. But, in order to grow with prosperity and in a better way, companies must recruit regardless of these factors. In today’s world, people face terrible age discrimination not in workplaces only but in their daily lives as well. From demotivating and harsh comments from the public to immediate rejection for job opportunities, age discrimination has become a serious and widespread issue worldwide.

Despite it being a big issue, it is something that can easily be eliminated from our society only if all of us play our part. You might not know what a person is capable of especially once they pass their health and medical test that is a basic requirement of almost every organization. The one you consider an aged person who cannot work efficiently might be way more energetic, passionate and skillful than all those younger people in the room.

Below we have attached an infographic that guides well through age discrimination and how you can reduce it with a few simple actions. Let’s check it out.

Age discrimination and how it can be reduced
Infographic by: Shegerianlaw.com

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Google just announced that it will be paying a sum of $2.5 million to over 5,500 employees and job applicants affected by alleged systematic pay and hiring discrimination. The decision was made after the US Department of Labor identified that female software engineers were being underpaid and the hiring rate differences disadvantaged female and Asian applicants in particular.

 

According to Google, the company will be providing $1,353,052 in back pay and interest to a total of 2,565 female engineers, and $1,232,000 in back pay and interest to 1,757 female engineering applicants along with 1,219 Asian engineering applicants for “engineering positions not hired.”

 

The company further added that it will set aside $1,250,000 for pay-equity adjustments, for a total of $3.8 million to resolve the issue. According to the Department of Labor, the amount has been reserved for engineers residing in Mountain View, Seattle, Kirkland, and New York, which house 50% of Google’s engineering staff in the US.

Google Decides to Pay $2.5 Million to Over 5,500 Underpaid Female Employees and Asian Applicants


TikTok announced that it has been working on improving its policies towards hateful content and behavior, with the aim to make the platform hate-free. The company is doing so to ensure safety for the diverse range of users that engage on TikTok, so they can express themselves freely and have a positive experience on the app. 


According to TikTok, it is working in five ways to counter hateful content on its platform.


First, the company is evolving its hate speech policy. In its community guidelines, TikTok defines hate speech as ''content that intends to or does attack, threaten, incite violence against, or dehumanize an individual or group of individuals on the basis of protected attributes like race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, and more." The company has expanded its policies to counter hate by accounting for scenarios that make users feel excluded and marginalized. 


The company is working hard towards removing hateful content and banning accounts that promote it. It is also taking action against race-based harassment and denial of violent tragedies by removing content related to these things. According to TikTok, it has removed over 380,000 videos and 64,000 comments in the U.S. since the beginning of this year that promoted hateful content. It has also banned more than 1,300 accounts that violated the platform's hate speech policy. 


TikTok is also working on a strategy to make it harder for people to search for hateful content and accounts, so a more positive and joyful environment can be created on the app. If someone searches for a hateful ideology or group, the company will refrain from showing results or redirect the search to its community guidelines to educate people about its policies against hateful content and behavior. 

TikTok Improves its Policies Towards Hateful Content


Pinterest has added a new person to its board of directors, Andrea Wishom, who is the president of a real state company, Skywalker Holdings. This move has made Wishom Pinterest's first black board member and third female board member. Michelle Wislon was Pinterest's first female board member. She was appointed by the company in 2016 and was also Pinterest's first outside board member. 


Wishom expressed her aims as part of Pinterest's board of directors in a statement in which she said that she is particularly interested in Pinterest's expansion into content and media. She further expressed her interest in the company's vision to have a new kind of conversation between employees and the board to bring different perspectives to the table. Wishom is ready to address the challenges within the company and said that she is committed to listening and sharing her perspective and providing guidance. 


CEO of Pinterest, Ben Silbermann, said that he appointed Wishom months after meeting with candidates. He said that she stood out for a number of reasons. Among the reasons were Wishom's expertise in creating positive and inspirational content for global audiences, her passion for building a company culture of respect, integrity, inclusion and support, and her vision for redefining the relationship between employees and the board. 

Pinterest Appoints its First Black Member to Board of Directors

Racial Discrimination in the United States of America

With the sad recent case of George Floyd, there is no denying that racial discrimination is prevalent in the United States. In light of this recent killing of George Floyd, Black Americans as well as people who are in support of them, have taken it to the streets. But it doesn't end here.

 This inequality exists not only in the sphere of law and crime, but in other dimensions of life as well. Black Americans have to go through a lot in their education years as well. According to a study by the Pew Research Center, black Americans who have went to college, have reported racist experiences more than those black Americans who haven't had the college experience in the first place.

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