Legislation in child care
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:04 pm
1. Legislation and Childhood Education and Care Services:
a. Identify the piece of legislation related to discrimination against the features of diversity listed below.
b. Discuss the impact of each piece of legislation on work and social practices in Early Childhood Education and Care services.
This may be in the form of rights or responsibilities of workers, employers, or clients.
c. Cite the one (1) consequence of breaching each of these pieces of legislation.
Relevant legislation or regulation Implications of this legislation on work and social practices Consequences of breach
i. Age Age Discrimination Act,2004 - Encourage no discrimination on the basis of age.
ii. Sex Sex Discrimination Act, 1984 - Encourage others to be sensitive to the individual preferred gender.
iii. Race Racial discrimination Act, 1984. - Invoke empathy.
- Anti racism awareness.
- Promote cultural sensitivity.
- Cross cultural work teams. - Being treated differently.
- Performing mundane tasks.
iv. Disability Disability Discrimination Act, 1984. Children with disabilities are active participants and not just observers on the sideline. - Lack of recognition.
- Power imbalance.
Please advice where to get info about sex and gender discrimination in child care setting?
a. Identify the piece of legislation related to discrimination against the features of diversity listed below.
b. Discuss the impact of each piece of legislation on work and social practices in Early Childhood Education and Care services.
This may be in the form of rights or responsibilities of workers, employers, or clients.
c. Cite the one (1) consequence of breaching each of these pieces of legislation.
Relevant legislation or regulation Implications of this legislation on work and social practices Consequences of breach
i. Age Age Discrimination Act,2004 - Encourage no discrimination on the basis of age.
ii. Sex Sex Discrimination Act, 1984 - Encourage others to be sensitive to the individual preferred gender.
iii. Race Racial discrimination Act, 1984. - Invoke empathy.
- Anti racism awareness.
- Promote cultural sensitivity.
- Cross cultural work teams. - Being treated differently.
- Performing mundane tasks.
iv. Disability Disability Discrimination Act, 1984. Children with disabilities are active participants and not just observers on the sideline. - Lack of recognition.
- Power imbalance.
Please advice where to get info about sex and gender discrimination in child care setting?
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