Workforce Management
August 18, 2011
In a strongly worded opinion, a federal judge dismissed a 2007 lawsuit in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused Bloomberg Inc. of engaging in a pattern or practice of bias against pregnant women.
“ ‘J’accuse!’ is not enough in court,” U.S. District Court Judge Loretta A. Preska said in the ruling granting summary judgment. “Evidence is required. The evidence presented in this case is insufficient to demonstrate that discrimination was Bloomberg’s standard operating procedure, even if there were several isolated instances of individual discrimination.
Full Story: http://www.workforce.com/section/news/article/judge-dismisses-pregnancy-bias-suit-against-bloomberg.php
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