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    Disability Discrimination Critic

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    Riam Dean, who was born without her left forearm and wears a prosthetic, claimed she experienced disability discrimination at her job at Abercrombie & Fitch. When management learned of her disability, she was removed from the shop floor and told she could only work in the stockroom. This violated a prior agreement to let her wear a cardigan to cover her prosthesis. Riam felt bullied and said the experience pierced her personal confidence. As an HR practitioner, one would address the issue by ensuring accommodations for employees with disabilities, disciplining those involved in discrimination and bullying, and enforcing an anti-discrimination policy.

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    Disability Discrimination Critic

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    Riam Dean, who was born without her left forearm and wears a prosthetic, claimed she experienced disability discrimination at her job at Abercrombie & Fitch. When management learned of her disability, she was removed from the shop floor and told she could only work in the stockroom. This violated a prior agreement to let her wear a cardigan to cover her prosthesis. Riam felt bullied and said the experience pierced her personal confidence. As an HR practitioner, one would address the issue by ensuring accommodations for employees with disabilities, disciplining those involved in discrimination and bullying, and enforcing an anti-discrimination policy.

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    Riam Dean, who was born without her left forearm and wears a prosthetic, claimed she experienced disability discrimination at her job at Abercrombie & Fitch. When management learned of her disability, she was removed from the shop floor and told she could only work in the stockroom. This violated a prior agreement to let her wear a cardigan to cover her prosthesis. Riam felt bullied and said the experience pierced her personal confidence. As an HR practitioner, one would address the issue by ensuring accommodations for employees with disabilities, disciplining those involved in discrimination and bullying, and enforcing an anti-discrimination policy.

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    Disability Discrimination Critic

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    Riam Dean, who was born without her left forearm and wears a prosthetic, claimed she experienced disability discrimination at her job at Abercrombie & Fitch. When management learned of her disability, she was removed from the shop floor and told she could only work in the stockroom. This violated a prior agreement to let her wear a cardigan to cover her prosthesis. Riam felt bullied and said the experience pierced her personal confidence. As an HR practitioner, one would address the issue by ensuring accommodations for employees with disabilities, disciplining those involved in discrimination and bullying, and enforcing an anti-discrimination policy.

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    Let’s Analyze

    Activity 1. Read the following news article and answer the questions at the end of
    the story.

    News article

    Riam Dean, 22, was working at Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) and claimed she was
    removed from the shop floor when management became aware of her disability.
    Riam was born without her left forearm and wears a prosthetic limb.

    Riam told A&F about her disability after she got the job and they agreed that she
    could wear a white cardigan to cover her prosthesis. However, she was later told
    that the she couldn’t work on the shop floor wearing the cardigan and that she
    should work in the stockroom until the winter uniform arrives. They claimed it didn’t
    fit their ‘looks policy’.

    Riam said: "I had been bullied out of my job. It was the lowest point I had ever
    been in my life."

    "I knew then that I was being treated different and unfairly because of my
    disability. Her words pierced right through the armor of 20 years of building up
    personal confidence about me as a person, and that I am much more than a girl
    with only one arm… "

    "I am born with a character trait I am unable to change, thus to be singled out for a
    minor aesthetic 'flaw' made me question my worth as a human being.

    "Abercrombie taught me that beauty lies in perfection, but I would tell them that
    beauty lies in diversity, for I would rather live with my imperfection than to exude
    such ugliness in their blatant display of eugenics in policies and practices."

    1. Identify the negative and discriminatory behavior in the article and indicate what
    type of discrimination is taking place in the scenario.

    Riam claimed that she was removed from the shop floor when management became
    aware of her disability. Riam was born without her left forearm and wears a
    prosthetic limb other than that Riam also experienced bullying and unfair treatment
    due to her disability. This fall on Disability Discrimination of R.A No. 7277 as actions
    were made due to its disability and later knew that the said company is aware of the
    said disability and agreed to a specific deal on wearing a clothing to cover
    prosthetics

    2. Discuss the short and long term consequence of this discrimination. Include the
    government legislation that protect the rights of the person being discriminated.

    This discrimination humanely affect the victim’s morale as she was left personally
    diminished and humiliated. This will not only end on facing some regulatory bodies
    that implies the done act and to be fined. This actions can also lead to a downgrade
    of the firm as this displays an inhumane act to the victim. The Disability
    Discrimination of R.A No. 7277, as amended, shield staff and work seekers from
    discrimination on the basis disabilities. This legislation extends to eligible workers
    and job seeker with disabilities to ensure that no one is denied their rights to provide
    equality.

    3. As an HR practitioner, how would you address this issue?

    In this issue the key to this is awareness. Mentioned above that upon hiring Ms.
    Riam they are firmly aware of her disability and formally asked for mere adjustments
    for her which wants to wear a cardigan to simply cover her prosthetic arm.
    Addressing this issue to prevent the firm to face this serious instances
    accommodating staffs with disabilities by providing adjustments to address the
    needs of an employee. Since what really matters is the skills needed to provide the
    needed work. Showing support is probably the single most thing I can do for
    employees who have a disability. Demonstrating that you appreciate their needs by
    making reasonable adjustments is the first step towards showing your support.
    A disciplinary actions will also help to address the internal discriminating and bullying
    issues of the firm and making them aware of their own words and actions. Ensuring
    also a anti-discrimination policy to let them know the any discriminatory practices will
    be-condoned.

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