It protects workers who are discriminated against because they associate with gay and lesbian co-workers, or are perceived to be gay.
The ACLU believes that ENDA is an important step towards ensuring fairness in the workplace, and continues our nation's tradition of judging employees by their ability and performance. "If you have somebody who is working very diligently, very hard, maybe doing extra work on the weekend, then you would tend to give more flexibility to that person," he says.The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) would include sexual orientation among the Federal employment discrimination protections currently provided to Americans based on race, religion, gender, national origin, age and disability. Sometimes, workers deserve extra perks like more flexible hours, says Thomas Anderson, an employee-relations panelist at the Society for Human Resource Management and human-resources director for Houston Community College System. "Even if you find out somebody is paid less or more, there may be legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for the pay difference," says Joseph Sellers, head of the civil rights and employment practice group at law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll in Washington, D.C. We just don't always know what's going on."įurthermore, not all preferential treatment is necessarily unfair, experts say. We're not in the same room with the person all day. "We don't have the context to understand 100% how someone else is being treated. Sometimes a lack of information can lead workers to misperceive that there's preferential treatment, says Mr. "If someone really appreciates the work you have done, they won't have an issue if you ask them to share that with your boss." It May Be Fair "You can ask people within the company who have some influence and are respected to share their thoughts about your accomplishments," he says. Garfinkle recommends recruiting advocates to tout your accomplishments and value to the company. This is performance-based 99% of the time," says Charles Wardell, chief executive of Oak Brook, Ill.-based Witt/Kieffer, which specializes in executive searches for health-care, education and nonprofit organizations. "Someone who is willing to stay late, over time…will develop a loyalty and a sense of trust with a superior that other people simply don't have. Get PoliticalĮmployees who are feeling neglected can work on their relationship with the boss. "If somebody came to me and said that so-and-so is getting preferential treatment, I'd also ask them whether they are meeting or beating expectations as a way to focus on one's own performance," Mr. sales and organization development at Ricoh Production Print Solutions. Workers should document their performance, says Tim Reed, human-resources director for U.S. When you hide yourself, you make others stand out." "The more details you tell your boss about your accomplishments, the less chance someone else can take credit for your efforts. Workers should avoid "hiding themselves" at work, he says.
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Garfinkle suggests examining your weaknesses and trying to figure out how to improve and positively influence co-workers' perceptions of your work. "But it's important to evaluate yourself and how you are being perceived in the company."
"When preferential treatment occurs, it's easy for people to get jealous or resentful," he says. When someone else receives preferential treatment, don't get mad, get introspective, says Joel Garfinkle, an Oakland, Calif.-based executive coach. While legal remedies exist when a law has been broken, experts say there are other strategies to deal with legal preferential treatment. But some preferential treatment is difficult to detect. For instance, your superior has given yet another plum assignment to a junior associate from his alma mater. At times, preferential treatment is obvious. Preferential treatment is a broad category, describing behavior that is unequally applied to workers and can inequitably benefit recipients.
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