Tony,
the new director of human resources, and Edna, the compensation and benefits
manager, are hanging employment legislation posters in RETREAT, the TEAM FUN!
employee cafeteria. Edna offers, “I remember some woman who applied for a job
to advertise men’s baseball gear and sued when she didn’t get the
job. The EEOC said she had no case. A couple of years ago, we moved
Fred from fitness demos to stock management because he couldn’t do the
treadmill or lift the big weights anymore. There was 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 workers are male and all the
RETREAT workers are female?”
Edna
replies, “What’s your point?” Tony waves his hand at the EEOC information they
have displayed. Edna shrugs, “This is the best job I ever had. If you ask
anyone else who works here, they will say the same thing.”
Prepare a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper answering the
following:
·
What is the probable defense
for the baseball gear job (BFOQ, 4/5ths rule, glass ceiling)? Explain.
·
Why didn’t Fred’s age
discrimination case go anywhere?
·
Is TEAM FUN! open to
discrimination charges in other areas?
·
What should be done to protect
TEAM FUN! from discrimination charges?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
