The document discusses issues faced by single parents such as discrimination in hiring and scheduling difficulties at work. It provides tips for single parents experiencing discrimination, such as being upfront about their status at interviews, challenging assumptions, and getting support from other single parents. Statistics and details are given on divorce, child custody arrangements, and the common challenges of single parenting.

1. Aizell A. Bernal
BSBA 3
HRM 8
Mrs. Fe De Castro

2. 
refers to a
parent not living
with a spouse or
partner that has
most of the day
to day
responsibilities
in raising the
child or children

4. 
common cause of single parenting

5. 
Divorce Statistics
69 %
30 %
4%
23 %
4%
6%
1%

6. 
Children and divorce
PARALLEL
PARENTING

7. 
Children and divorce
Child Custody
– refers to which parent
is allowed to make
important decisions about
the children involved.

8. 
Children and divorce
Physical Custody
 refers to
which parent the child
lives with.

9. 
Children and divorce
Parallel Parenting
 refers to parenting
after divorce in which
each parent does so
independently;
most common.

10. 
Children and divorce
Cooperative Parenting
 occurs when the parents
involved in the child’s life
work together around
all involved parties’
schedules and activities,
and this is for less common.

11. Mothers with the unintended
pregnancies, and their
children are subject to
numerous adverse health effects,
including increased risk of
violence and death, and
the children are less likely to
succeed in school and are more
likely to live in poverty and
be involved in crime.


12. 
Children adopted by a single person were
raised in pairs rather than alone, and many
adoptions by lesbians and gay men were
arranged as single parent adoptions.

13.  Greater
control
 Manipulative children
 Total financial control
 Less people to care for
 More time to the child

14.  Lack
of support
 Too much pressure and
stress
 Financial pressure
 Child care issues
 Limited social life
 Difficulties balancing
children and work
 Loneliness

15. Pregnancy
No Anti-Discrimination Laws
Religious Organizations
Worker’s Schedules

16.  It
is illegal to refuse to hire a woman because
she is pregnant or may become pregnant , and
a woman cannot be fired because of her
pregnancy.
 Pregnancy must be treated like a temporary
disability; employers must give pregnant
women leave once they are unable to work due
to their pregnancy.
 Employers cannot force a pregnant woman to
take leave if she feels she is still able to work.

17.  According
to Workplace Fairness, there are
no federal laws prohibiting discrimination
based on family status.
 It is legal for an employer to discriminate in
hiring or promoting single parents.
 However, employers may not discriminate
based on sex. Therefore, if an employer
schedules a single mother for longer hours
than the men in her department, he could be
sued for sex discrimination.

18.  Workplace
Fairness reports that some courts
have ruled that religious organizations may
engage in practices such as firing single
parents because of religious prohibitions
against sex outside of marriage.
 These organizations must hold both men and
women to the same standards.

19.  An
employer may schedule another employee
to work overtime to compensate for hours
that a single parent cannot work due to
child-care commitments or require another
employee to cover the single parent’s job
while he picks up children from school or
attends to other child-care issues.
 Workplace Fairness reports that these types
of scheduling discrepancies are not
considered discriminatory in most cases.

20. Single parent should do if he/she experiences
discrimination in the workplace
1. At the interview, try to relax but be
straightforward. When you are asked questions
about your status as a single parent, ask the
interviewer why they are asking those questions.
Then tell them that you would be happy to talk
about that but you would like to talk about your
skills and accomplishments first.
2. Challenge the interviewer’s assumptions.
Politely ask why the interviewer thinks that being
single and a parent matters in connection to the
job. Answer their concerns so as to dispel any
preconceptions they have against single parents.

21. 3.
4.
Talk to your supervisor or manager. At
work, if faced with a situation where you
feel that you are being discriminated, talk
to your superior and tell them that you want
the opportunity to advance just like other
members of the team.
Get support from other single parents in
your workplace. Seek out other single
parents in your office. Meet with them and
put together ideas on how you can address
issues that you have with the company.

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