Unlawful Discrimination

Unlawful Discrimination

1. Discuss the legal statute(s) that apply in this case.

a. To understand this final determination and its meaning for accounting firms, it is important to take into consideration the following four major legal issues:

b. The legitimacy of using "interpersonal skills" as an evaluation criterion.

c. A firm's right to weigh its evaluation criteria in any way it wishes.

d. The permissibility of using criticisms based on sexual stereotyping in personnel actions.

e. The responsibility for the burden of proof.

f. To protect any potential defendants from being forever at risk for a lawsuit.

g. To ensure that legitimate lawsuits are filed while evidence and memories are still recent. (“The principles involved here continue to apply to race, color, religion or national origin.”).

2. Discuss the issues that the court must decide on in this case.

Well the issues that the court is going to have to decide in this case whether, she is qualified for this partnership at the accounting firm. They are going to have to decided whether her rights to sue the firm for gender discrimination of wanting her to act and dress more like a female. They have to decide if the firm has a discrimination against having females as a partner in the firm, how many women have sued the company for discrimination.

3. Discuss whether or not the employer discriminated unlawfully.

I would say yes according to these rules on Terminating, refusing to hire, refusing to promote, or other/is discriminating against an employee because of his or her gender identity or expression. Terminating, refusing to hire, refusing to promote or otherwise discriminating against an employee because customers or fellow employees express discomfort with that employee’s gender identify or expression. Persistently referring to an employee with pronouns that are not gender-identity appropriate, or otherwise refusing to teat an employee respectfully, and in...