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Can You Experience Workplace Discrimination While Working from Home?

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March 3, 2022 by Home Jobs By Mom
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Can You Experience Workplace Discrimination While Working from Home?

The answer is yes. Working from home favors some people but not others. Reduced commuting has left some people with extra time, money, and a sense of freedom since there is no supervision. It is not a favor working from home for others due to inadequate space at home and juggling house chores with work.

Working from home has left many people vulnerable to discrimination. This is because working from home can change at any time; thus, employees' lives that were always private suddenly become public. Therefore, this can lead to discrimination based on religion, gender, disability, pregnancy, race, sexuality, and age.

Working from home has increased majorly due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nothing has changed about discrimination despite many people working from home. 

Below are some ways employees can face discrimination while working from home.

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Discrimination from Participating in Video Conferences

After Covid-19 struck, many companies had to develop ideas on how employees could do their job remotely. Video conferencing tools have become the in-thing for connecting with your coworkers virtually.

Giving managers and colleagues a glance at your private world, messages, images, and the people around you in the background can lead to harassment, discrimination, and adverse treatment.

Retaliation After Reporting Unlawful Harassment

These cases are all over the world. Employees have the right to report any discrimination or harassment from their employers to any employment law firm.

Retaliation is doing something harmful to your employee for revenge after they have probably reported an act of discrimination. Many cases of retaliation in workplaces occur quickly after employees have reported instances of discrimination to legal firms. This is a form of discrimination because employees have the right to report any discrimination or ill-treatment by their employers. The employers should be apologetic but not fire out the employee in return.

Sending Discrimination Messages

Another potential way employees are discriminated against is through text messages and emails. Harassers have found a way of discriminating against their employees by sending them text messages and emails. This way has emboldened them because they do it without facing anyone in person.

Discriminating Working Women

Women, especially mothers working from home, have faced discrimination due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is due to their added role of looking after their children since schools closed and learning started being conducted remotely.

Mothers take care of their children and continue working, where some of these jobs are full-time jobs. Some employers cannot, in any way, understand the family responsibilities undertaken by the mothers, and you will find them discriminating against mothers in more ways than one.

For instance, failing to promote mothers and treating them differently than their male colleagues is a form of discrimination. Through thoughtfully designed gender inclusion training and leadership workshops, Gild Collective creates an inclusive environment for your underrepresented talent to thrive and close the leadership development gap for women.

To avoid these discriminations, employees, and employers should take the following precautions:

  • Employees should openly address the issue during video conferences like zoom meetings. By this, everyone will be aware of the discrimination, and the employers will be afraid of retaliation. Employees can also report any discrimination cases to law firms to help them take the right action.
  • Employers should not secretly send text messages or emails concerning work. The Human Resource Manager should be responsible for all communication in a company.
  • Employers should ensure they don't discriminate against women due to their family responsibilities. 

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  1. Jordan Binkerd

    March 3, 2022 at 8:25 pm

    Not something I’m particularly worried about for my own sake, but excellent information!

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    • Home Jobs By Mom

      March 21, 2022 at 2:19 pm

      That’s great you don’t have to worry about workplace discrimination at your job!

      Reply

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