Instructions: Chapter Three from textbook: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice, $7$th Edition, $(2024)$ David J$.$ Walsh, starts out by telling us$,$We have made some progress in combating discrimination in the workplace and making equal employment opportunity a reality, but the job is by no means finished. Rooting out the contemporary manifestations of discrimination may prove even more difficult than confronting the overt exclusion and segregation characteristic of earlier years.$$

Although cases like the aspiring middle school principal who was told she was not hired for being female are rare, they still occur. The more common situation involves people like the African American women in their early twenties, who are in the process of joining a class action lawsuit against Olive Garden for their alleged refusal to hire them based on their race. Of course, the manager at Olive Garden said she didn$$t hire them because of their lack of experience $($known as a pretext in employment law$),$ even though she allegedly hired a white teenager with no experience the same week. In other words, most discriminatory situations in current workplaces are covert, rather than overt.

$-$Please answer the questions: $(1-3)$ below thoroughly and succinctly and provide an example for each to justify the individual$$s way of thinking.

$1)$ Is it fair to make employees go through agencies like the MCAD or EEOC before they can file their suits in court? A$)$ What is the individual$$s answer to the question and basis. $(*$explanation: After all, in most other situations when citizens have the basis to file a lawsuit, they don$$t need to have a state agency $$screen$$ their cases first. Some people have argued that this extra requirement presents an unnecessary barrier to justice.

$2)$ What about some of the other requirements employees have to abide by$,$ such as filing claims with the MCAD within $300$ days of the discriminatory act? B$)$ Is this fair considering the statute of limitations $(*$explanation: a law which sets the maximum period which one can wait before filing a lawsuit, depending on the type of case or claim. The periods vary by state. Federal statutes set the limitations for suits filed in federal courts. If the lawsuit or claim is not filed before the statutory deadline, the right to sue or make a claim is forever dead $($barred$))$ for most lawsuits is much longer, usually $3$ years? C$)$ This requirement sometimes prevents some people from filing claims, but there must be a reason$($s$)$ for this, right? $(**$Please give the individual$$s answer to these questions and the basis of their opinion$).$

$3)$ Studies show that most instances of workplace discrimination are not even reported, just like most crimes are not reported. Therefore, we will probably never know which type of discrimination mentioned in Chapter $3$ textbook: Employment Law for Human Resource Practice, $7$th Edition, $(2024)$ David J$.$ Walsh occurs most frequently. D$)$ Why the individual thinks many instances of workplace discrimination are not reported; E$)$ Which type the individual thinks occurs most frequently $($racial$,$ age, gender, religion, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, sexual harassment, retaliation for asserting one$$s rights, or another type$)$; and F$)**$Please give the individual$$s basis of opinion.