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Divison of work 3
1.0 Introduction 4
8.0 Conclusion 24
9.0 Bibliography 25
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DIVISION OF WORK
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
Gender equality means that girls and boys enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and
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onconsideration on as you develop and enhance your business. Discrepancies with gender
inequality may also occur, and your enterprise must take the integral steps to make your place
of job as equal, inclusive and various as possible. According to (Wu and Cheng, 2016)
adopting gender equality measures is helpful to improve work efficiency. When you take the
time to keep away from gender discrimination, you can enlarge productivity, alleviate
fighting and minimize the probabilities of prison issues. Gender equality is key in order to
seize the skills, thoughts and views that every gender has to offer. Not solely that, however
human beings desire to work at agencies that prioritize equality. Gender equality in the
workplace means employees of all genders have access to the same rewards, opportunities
and resources at a company, including equal pay and benefits for comparable roles with
similar responsibilities, equal opportunities for promotions career progress and equal
consideration of needs.
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Discrimination against pregnant women is an injustice that happens to female workers who
have several reasons but the main one is due to the reasons of pregnancy that they have to
accept in terms of employment. This is because in the aspect or scope of the work done,
against some sectors that have rules that do not bring justice to the rights of workers. For
example, the scope of work such as a flight attendant where if there is a pregnant woman
worker, after giving birth they have to try to regain their original body shape as before
pregnancy and stabilize the BMI count to continue the job but not otherwise likely they will
lose their existing job and injustices against them such as dismissal and so on. This statement
of injustice against pregnant women is supported by Harlida Abdul Wahab et al. (2020) who
says that the selection of a worker was dependent on the objective criteria such as experience,
skills, and qualifications or unlawful criteria like gender, pregnant women or disabled
person). This act of selection (treatment), whether discriminatory or not, depends on the
discrimination when the employer makes a selection and decision based on the criterion that
is not job-related. Therefore, these factors not only occur in the aspect of dismissal but also at
the beginning of the selection of pregnant women also have a high probability of not getting a
job and that is why there is a gender imbalance in employment because not many pregnant
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In the multi-employment sector as well, there are issues such as wage discrimination of
women workers where there is injustice in the rights of workers and as a woman. This is
because it is in line with the concept in the country where women are given a lower wage rate
than men even though they have qualifications. For example, women who have good
qualifications in education as well as various other aspects such as skills, talents, good
attitude and as such should be the yardstick for them to have or get a better and stable income
and wages. This coincides with the statement by Rahmah Ismail et al. (2012) which states
that in Malaysia, females labor force participation rate is very much lower than that of males,
even though they are equally educated. It is commonly observed that women are always less
preferable by employers because they are perceived to have less skilled and immobile as
compared to men. For women who successfully enter the labor market, they often receive
lower wages than their male counterparts do, partly due to discriminatory practices.
Therefore, the wage rights of women workers are clearly discriminated against and do not
have the exact justice in proportion to what they have compared to what they earn and and
because of that there is a gender imbalance in employment because wage rates are unequal.
The problem of sexual harassment is an issue that is no stranger to the world's social
problems and in the field of employment is one where this issue often occurs. This is because
this issue can happen to both men and women, but it emphasizes the occurrence of women
because they are more vulnerable to all social problems that exist among workers. For
example, sexual harassment occurs not only from physical contact that violates an
individual's self-esteem, but also from words and actions such as sending obscene material to
the victim of sexual harassment which may be in the form of text, voice and so on. This is
supported by a statement made by Mohd Nazari Ismail et al. (2007) where he says the factors
examined are unprofessional work environment, skewed gender ratio in the workplace,
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knowledge of grievance procedure for sexual harassment, sexist attitudes among co-workers,
privacy of workspace, physical attractiveness, dress manner of victims, job status, and sex
roles. In this case, various factors can be put forward that show that sexual harassment stems
from various reasons and attitudes of the individual himself to lead to the problem of sexual
harassment and when women are afraid of belonging to the group treated sexually harassed,
many women quit their jobs and thus that is where the gender imbalance in employment
occurs.
Although in the employment sector, women are often the issue of the oppressed and not given
maximum justice, but it is this group that has a high demand from parties or employment
companies. This is because, this group, although seen as weak but it has a lot of talent and
ability that is able to increase profits and the name of a company by using existing skills. For
example, they are capable in terms of business, marketing and even in terms of the scope of
work that is different from the field of business such as the scope of teaching which now
seems more women are involved and can form good human capital in the future. This also
coincides with the statement by Siti Nor Adawiyah Azzahra Kamaruddin et al. (2017) who
stated that in Malaysia, it is a fact that cannot be denied that female workers have subsidized
to the development of the national economy. Realizing that fact, the government keeps on
putting efforts to increase the women participation in the labor workforce with the hope to
boost the economic growth of the nation. Many factors were found to have influenced female
employees ’work performance and hence the occurrence of gender imbalance in employment
because when there is a high demand for women workers then it is better for women to be
involved in employment.
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3.1 Promotion
The women are underrepresented in management positions across the board because they
face discrimination when applying for promotions to higher positions while continuing to
perform well. Following recruiting, women feel uneven possibilities for promotion. This
might be one of the causes of the women are underrepresented at senior levels. In Malaysia,
standards of CEO success are still based on a "masculine management framework”. In terms
of advancement chances, women have experienced discrimination. Due to the belief that male
employees are better qualified for management roles, women employees encounter greater
obstacles to advancement than males. Due to the presence of a male management paradigm,
there are still certain organisations that have unfavourable views toward women who pursue
higher managerial positions. This kind of discrimination prevents women from being hired
The gender wage gap is influenced by the lower representation of women in positions of
authority. Women are more frequently found in lower paying, lower ranked occupations.
with a male preponderance. Equal educational opportunities for men and women do not seem
to be a necessary prerequisite for pay equality. That despite having more education, women
still make less money than men. Salary discriminating tactics are to blame for this pay
disparity. Despite the rise in the educational level and experience of women in the workforce,
gender discrimination will still persist. The gender income disparity was a result of gender
significantly impacted by gender discrimination, which in turn lowers their productivity and
lowers their wages. Even while women have higher educational levels than males, they
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nevertheless experience gender inequity in areas like pay disparities. Gender disparity cannot
programmes.
When the majority of the organisation refuses to spend the time and money necessary to
introduce rules that may assist to eliminate gender disparity, there is discrimination against
discrimination in Malaysia. One of the main things that hampered their careers was gender
discrimination. Due to their official and informal training, they are not effectively equipped
4.0 Explain about what is current trend or practice relation to the issue in Malaysia
context or profession
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4.1 DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN
According to a survey of women's aid organisations, Women'S aid Organisation WAO said
that more than 40% of the women surveyed had told of their experiences of employment
discrimination because employers found out about their pregnancy. The survey states that a
total of 22 women across Malaysia have been involved in further discrimination in the
denying promotion, putting them on a long probation period, demoting and ending their
ranks.
A woman should be free to choose if they want to have children or not, they do not have to
fear losing their job just because they want to have their own family . Policymakers are made
to ensure that an employer does not practice discrimination against pregnant women by
resigning, degrading or not being paid because pregnancy is gender discrimination. We can
see an example in the aviation industry. They stipulate that every pregnant woman should
take a long leave of absence or be demoted in this position because for the aviation sector the
attractive skills are indeed emphasized and if the employee has already given birth to excess
weight the female employee should be dismissed or the company gives a long leave of
absence without pay to lose weight in order to gain the ideal weight
In conclusion, discriminating against women should be taken seriously because some of them
are willing not to get pregnant for fear of being laid off. The responsible parties should take
action on this issue to ensure that discrimination against women at work can be avoided.
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The practice of wage discrimination occurs due to gender differences especially among
women. Wage discrimination occurs when women's labour is given a lower rate of pay
compared to male labour whereas both do the same job as well as the same work experience.
According to (Hope Landrine & Elizabeth A. Klonoff, 1997), thousands of studies were
conducted by proving that women are paid lower wages than men regardless of race and
ethnic group.
The National Employment Report (Ministry of Human Resources, 2008) states that
overall, female workers earn less on average than male workers do, at RM 1,239 against RM
1,473, respectively. The pay gap between male and female employees in Malaysia's private
ICT sector was the subject of a case study. According to this study, it was discovered that the
ICT industry had the lowest percentage of gender wage disparity, with female employees
there earning roughly 87 percent of the typical male wage. The average monthly wage for all
manufacturing, and finance where there is a salary gap, between the sexes is very large at
The Rahman Talib Report 1960 also clearly shows that there is discrimination and injustice
between the sexes, especially on the scale of pay and other benefits. The difference in salary
between female teachers and teachers in Primary School according to the Rahman Talib
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Male teacher 165 385
Source : Modified from the Rahman Talib Report and WTU Memorandum entitled "The
status of Women Teachers in the Federation of Malaya".
Apart from gender influence, workers' wages are also often associated with male and female
ethnicity i.e. white or black. Cheryl Bland Jones and Micheal Gates (2004) conducted a study
in the United States in the nursing sector and found that the wages of male nurses were 2.7%
higher than for women while the wages for white nurses were 6% higher than for black
nurses. The table below shows the average salary of workers in the United States in 1989
Men Women Wage Difference
Sexual harassment is a negative practice done in the workplace that has a detrimental effect
on employees who are victims of this sexual harassment. The practice of sexual harassment
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in the workplace has long been in place after women began to enter the world of work . This
practice was discovered in the 1970s and began to spread widely in the world of work
causing a negative impact on the dwindling number of female workers in the world of work .
The practice of sexual harassment can be seen in two areas, namely sexual harassment
in the form of intimidation and sexual harassment in the form of threats to personal order.
Sexual harassment in the form of a threat to personal order is a disorder that is not directly
related to employment benefits, but it can create an unsettled working environment for the
victim such as sexual harassment among employees. In addition, sexual harassment in the
form of intimidation can be seen when a superior who has the power to determine salary and
rank, tries to threaten his subordinates by giving him sexual treatment. next according to
(Brewer, 1982 in Oskamp & Costanzo, 1993) said that there is a practice of other sexual acts
that are done through words or whistles with the aim of praising the female beauty, , touching
or touching a woman's limbs and expressing a desire to perform sexual acumen with the
employee. This is a practice that is carried out in relation to the form of sexual harassment
1. Verbal disorders Words, comments, jokes, slurs, sounds and questions in the form
of sexual threats or suggestions.
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2. Disruption by A gesture or non-verbal glance or glance implies an intention or
gesture or non-verbal desire, licking the lips or holding or eating food by means of
flirting, hand gestures or sign language that implies sexual
behavior etc.
5. Physical disorders Unwanted touches such as patting, pinching, stroking, rubbing the
body etc.
The code should be implemented to prevent and eradicate sexual harassment in the workplace
as there are 70% of female employees in the industry experiencing sexual harassment.
Overall, it can be seen that this problem of sexual harassment in the workplace is becoming
more and more common even though the Code of Practice has been practiced. Therefore, all
parties must work with each other to address this problem while safeguarding the interests
Malaysia
In Malaysia, employers discriminated pregnant women by the questions they asked during
the job application process. Almost 40% of women polled were asked by interviewers if they
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were pregnant or had plans to become pregnant in the near future. It is discriminatory for a
prospective employer to ask questions about a woman’s marital status, pregnancy status or
plans, sexual orientation or age, during the job application process. The survey also revealed
that approximately 20% of women had their job applications rejected or job offers revoked
after they disclosed their pregnancy. If an employer dismisses a woman because she is
pregnant, she could lodge an unfair dismissal complaint with the human resources department
China
China’s leaders are encouraging women to have it all: a career and more babies. In reality,
Chinese women are filing lawsuits and pursuing arbitration against employers who they claim
are ignoring laws meant to keep mothers in the workplace. China has laws against gender and
pregnancy discrimination and a maternity policy that ensures 98 days of paid leave, but
enforcement is scant. Women who seek a legal remedy for mistreatment often win a pittance
in compensation. They worry that a fight (any fight) will ruin their chances to find other
Malaysia
In the latest available data published by the Department of Statistics Malaysia in October
2019, the Salaries and Wages Survey Report Malaysia 2018 showed men earning a median
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difference or gap in median salary of RM115 each month between these two genders in 2018.
The median monthly salary for both men and women have been on a general upward trend
from around RM1,500 (men) and RM1,467 (women) in 2010 to levels exceeding RM2,000
by 2017 and by 2018.But even with an increase in median pay for both genders annually,
China
There is still a significant wage gap for women, though it is improving. According to the
Catalyst report, women in China earned 84 percent of what men earned for similar work in
2019, which was an improvement from 2016, when women earned only 77 percent of men's
wages. Some of the wage discrepancy comes from the barriers women face in certain sectors.
It's really difficult for Chinese women to get into certain fields. Restrictions against women
are allowed in some professions, including military and certain sciences, which can have
long-term consequences for career development. Usually those occupations are much higher-
paid.
Malaysia
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In 1999, the Ministry of Human Resources introduced the Code of Practice on the Prevention
adopt the Code of Practice against sexual harassment and an internal mechanism to prevent
sexual harassment at the workplace. This code served as a practical guidelines to companies
to set up their own mechanism to handle sexual harassment at workplace. Unfortunately, the
Code of Practice is not effective as it is just a mere guidelines and the companies are not
China
Since 2005, a series of laws and regulations in China have called on employers to address
sexual harassment, but few companies have put anti-sexual harassment policies on the books.
The Civil Code is the first national law to clearly state that employers have a duty to adopt
concrete policies, giving it a stronger combination of authority and specificity than its
predecessors.
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This kind of discrimination occur because of the employers itself discriminate on the grounds
pf pregnancy. The reason why they do that because the insufficient resources to support
temporary employees or provide overtime pay for other employees to fulfill the duties during
leave. Some of the company especially small medium enterprise doesn’t has a lot of profit
and they prefer to hired a couple of workers. As we know, women who get pregnant given
leave when they give birth. So, when this situation happens, in order to keep the productivity,
keep ongoing they need to provide overtime pay which a lot of cost will be taken. Other than
that, some employers also fear loss of profits due to loss of productivity or the increased cost
of productivity caused by the paid absence of an employee. Even the pregnant employees was
given leave, company must keep paying their wages. So that's how discrimination against
Some say that men are paid more compared to women. There are many studies that can prove
this statement. The reason why women are paid less because of the hierarchy in organization.
Even within high-paying occupations, women tend to be employed at lower levels of the
occupational hierarchy. There is a persistent gender gap at higher ranks of management and
leadership within occupations and this in turn contributes to the gender pay gap within them.
Other than that, men are more likely to hold jobs at any skill level in manufacturing, a sector
that pays relatively high earnings, while women are more likely to hold jobs in educational
services, a sector that pays considerably less than manufacturing. Gender gaps in earnings are
largely determined by inequalities in employment between men and women by industry and
occupation. Thus, it is essential to comprehend and close the gender employment gaps by
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6.3 The issue of sexual harassment
Sexual harassment is not something that can be taken lightly. It happens to both genders men
and women but most of the cases that has been reported are sexual harassment toward women
especially in workplace context. Some of them facing unwanted touching, pinching, offensive
remarks and unwelcome requests for sexual favours. Women are much more likely to be
victims of sexual harassment precisely because they more often than men lack power, are in
more vulnerable and insecure positions, lack self-confidence, or have been socialized to
suffer in silence. The reason why it happen because of the male self-perception. Some men in
workplace can’t look at women who are on par with them because they think it’s like
challenging their manhood. So they harass them thinking that they could do nothing about it.
There are also some male employees who are unable to control their passions towards
women. This is very worrying and makes women employees not feel safe at work.
Nowadays, there are many industries which is growing rapidly. Along with its growth, more
and more job opportunities are being offered. We often hear that many companies hire male
workers rather than female workers. But now, the demand for hiring among women has also
been high. The reason why high demand for female workers is because of rise of the service
sector and decline of the manufacturing sector. As we know, men are most likely to ne hired
Women, on the other hand, have the advantage of using their minds in doing things. That’s
why there is high demand for female workers especially in service sector.
WORKPLACE.
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Ensuring that boys and girls have equal access to a quality education, equal rights and
Review and if necessary adapt school curricula and early childhood education,
and entrepreneurial issues, as well as education, arts and humanities, equally inclusive
Campaigning and raising awareness among young men and women, parents, teachers
and the possible consequences of overall educational options for employment and
Encourage more women who have completed STEM studies to pursue professional
careers in this field, for example through career counseling, adult education,
7.2 Promote a family friendly policies and working conditions that enable fathers and
mothers to balance between their working hours and family responsibilities by:
Design a tax benefit system so that both parents have similar financial incentives to
work.
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Ensuring the availability and access to affordable high quality early childhood
education and care as well as affordable long-term care for other dependents,
Provide employment that covers maternity leave and paid paternity to working
Encourage working fathers to take available custody leave, for example by booking
part of the parental leave entitlement for exclusive and non -transferable use by the
encourage the use of more part - time while working among men and women, provide
incentives for women to participate more hours in the labor force, and raise awareness
of gender stereotypes to encourage paid and unpaid labor more equal pay (household
Ensure all parents can participate in the labor market regardless of their partnership
Ensure that policies that address the issue of unemployment do not discriminate
private initiatives that increase gender diversity on the board of directors and senior
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support effective board participation by women and develop a pool of eligible
candidates; continue to monitor and analyze the costs and benefits of different
sector, such as disclosure requirements, target setting or quotas for women in senior
public sector employment systems and policies; and monitor the progress of women’s
Design appropriate responses to market gaps and failures, including policies to reduce
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innovation support for development and implementation of awareness campaigns,
Ensuring equal access to finance for women and men entrepreneurs through actions
that affect both supply and demand for finance by facilitating access to financing for
viable businesses owned by men and women taking steps to increase knowledge and
attitudes financial institutions raise awareness about financial resources and tools
among women entrepreneurs and, encouraging more women to join business angel
CONCLUSION
Workplace gender equality will be achieved when people are able to access and enjoy equal
rewards, resources and opportunities regardless of gender. The aim of gender equality in the
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workplace is to achieve broadly equal opportunities and outcomes for women and men, not
necessarily outcomes that are exactly the same for all. Employees want to work in an
environment where they feel valued and treated fairly. Focusing on diversity, equity and
inclusion to bridge the gender gap can be key to attracting and retaining top talent. A diverse
and inclusive group of workers fosters higher worker engagement, which in flip can extend
economic returns and market share. Engaged personnel have a tendency to sense greater
energized and related to their organization, and they are regularly inclined to go the more
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