Write a 2-3+ page, double-spaced, paper addressing the following:What type of employees are considered a protected class? Compare and contrast the Affirmative Action law briefly discussed in Chapter 12 on page 276, against two of the U.S. laws aimed to prevent employment discrimination described in Figure 13.1, p. 296. Review the article Belief in a Just World and Attitudes Toward Affirmative Action and consider how theLess well-understood notion of the relationship between deservingness and attitudes toward social provision to groups (Wilkins & Wenger, 2014, p. 329) relates to the Affirmative Action policy.EBSCO article: Wilkins, V. M., & Wenger, J. B. (2014). Belief in a just world and attitudes toward affirmative action. Policy Studies Journal, 42(3), 325-343. DOI:10.1111/psj.12063.

Answer Protected Class EmployeesUnder the United States Employment laws focusing on anti discrimination in the workplace, provision against employee discrimination is provided to certain members of the community based on certain characteristics that may predispose them to discrimination. Adamson (2008) identifies the protected class as individuals who posses characteristics which the law prohibits employers from discriminating employees against. The type of employees that are considered protected class therefore is determined by several characteristics that include race and color whereby all non whites (African Americans, Filipino, Hispanics) are considered vulnerable to discrimination and hence belong to members of the protected class category (Adamson, 2008). Gender is also another criterion u