Tony, the new director of human resources,and
Edna, the compensation and benefitsmanager, are hanging employment
legislationposters in RETREAT, the TEAM FUN! employeecafeteria. Edna offers, “I
remembersome woman who applied for a job to advertisemen’s baseball gear and sued
when she didn’t get the job. TheEEOC
said she had no case. A couple of years ago, we movedFred from fitness demos to
stock management because hecouldn’t do the treadmill or lift the big weights
anymore. Therewas talk about an age discrimination case because he was 57, but
that never went anywhere.”
Tony
asks, “Do you realize that all of the warehouse workersare male and all the
RETREAT workers are female?”
Edna
replies, “What’s your point?” Tony waves his hand at theEEOC information they
have displayed. Edna shrugs, “This is thebest job I ever had. If you ask anyone
else who works here, theywill say the same thing.”
Questions:
1. What is the probable defense for the baseball gear
job(BFOQ, 4/5ths rule, glass ceiling)? Explain.
2. Why didn’t Fred’s age discrimination case go
anywhere?
3. Is TEAM FUN! open to discrimination charges in
otherareas?
4. What should be done to protect TEAM FUN! fromdiscrimination
charges?
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