Disparate Treatment Claims Case Summary

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The case study discussed the unfair treatment of a female attorney employed at a law firm. A disparate treatment claim came about due to the female attorney’s perception, that she was wrongfully terminated and discriminated against, by the partners at the firm. As the judge on this disparate treatment claim case, there are several occurrences that lean in support of the plaintiff. According to the VonBergen (1991) academic journal, the Civil Right Acts was amended in 1991 due to an uprise in cases similar to this scenery. Changes were brought about which gave employees the right to file Family responsibility discrimination lawsuits (VonBergen, Mawer & Howard, 2008). The courts have ruled that employers who fails “to promote women with children while promoting women without children and men with children”, as discriminatory conduct (17). In the scenario, one could assume that the attorney worked well with the partners in the firm, until they learned that she had a child. A past stereotype was recalled and it referenced that women with children, have an inability to perform overtime. Another known stereotype of women with children is that they are unable to complete job tasks timely due to their need to take excessive time off. …show more content…

The partner basically wore his feelings towards her “on his sleeve” when he begin to make comments about women’s commitment levels, compared to men. The partner also made a comment regarding another attorney requesting to become partner in the firm after her return from maternity leave. It is unsure if that attorney was let go, however, “firing an employer for becoming pregnant is a discriminatory conduct” (VonBergen, Mawer & Howard,

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