E.E.O.C. Files Lawsuit Against Bloomberg L.P.

In a recent article in New York Times it was stated that the federal government had filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P. for discriminating against women. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said, “the company engaged in patter of discrimination against pregnant women, including decreasing their pay, demoting them, diminishing their job duties and excluding them from employment opportunities.” Later the lawsuit named three employees who had complained about the unfair treatment and said it started in 2002. It was stated, “a number of women who became pregnant or had just given birth were replaced by junior male employees, excluded from management meetings, and subjected to stereotyping about their abilities to do their jobs because of their family and caregiver responsibilities.” However, when the women reached out to the human resources department, their complaints were ignored. Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., the New York District Director for the E.E.O.C. said, “employers need to be aware that it is unlawful to discriminate against women based on their pregnancy or act on stereotypes concerning their roles as caregivers.” As well as, “no working woman should be forced to choose between motherhood and her livelihood.”


In my analysis of this article, I can definitely see the inequality that has brought up this lawsuit. I think it is sad that women have to second guess themselves if they want to deal with the consequences of having a child and working at this facility. I also think it is horrible for the human resource department to totally disregard the situation, had they dealt with it when it wasn’t such a big deal they could have possibly saved this lawsuit from ever happening. Once again you see women are the targets for inequality in the workforce just because it seems to society that they are vulnerable, and I think this lawsuit is a warning to other firms that women aren’t what they use to be and WILL stand of for their rights.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/business/27cnd-pregnant.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin