The objective of affirmative action is to prevent past discrimination. List five (5) bases for protection that have been identified by various federal, state, and local laws.

Respuesta :

Affirmative action are those actions that are taken to modify the present or past laws against discrimination. It is a cure for the effects of past discriminatory actions.

It also helps to maintain equality between men and women. An employee face many discrimination in the work place and also while recruitment. The federal, local and state laws have identified several bases of discrimination and they are:

  1. Discrimination based on sex
  2. Discrimination based on religion
  3. Discrimination based on caste
  4. Discrimination based on colour
  5. Discrimination based on national origin.