Bilingual Employees and the Title VII’s Legal Prohibitions
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Week 2 Diversity Discussion Forum
1. What specific steps can organizations take to ensure that bilingual workers’ skills are compensated when these skills are job-relevant, and why is having bilingual employees important to most U.S. businesses?
2. Do you think discrimination against Blacks OR any other minority group still exists today despite Title VII’s legal prohibitions? Why?
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Discussion: Diversity in Management
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In the rapidly changing work environment, the demand for bilingual skills has been on the rise. Bilingual employees are significant in the US as they increase their customer base by providing personalized services to individuals who may require assistance in their native language. Further, bilingual skills create a global presence for businesses. Most of the United State’s small businesses operate in almost all parts of the world such as Apple and MacDonalds. Thus, bilingual employees help bridge the cultural barriers giving them a prospect to expand globally. Employees with bilingual skills should be motivated and encouraged in a company either by project or higher compensation at their workplace. First, a company can provide training to employees that have bilingual skills as its commitment to improving employees' performance and its support and value to bilingual employees and customers (Bell, 2019). Secondly, a company can lunch incentives and bonuses for bilingual employees as a way of recognizing and appreciating the values and efforts they bring to the company. Finally, during recruitment, a company can i...