Case Study Spotlight on Dress Code Policies—Discrimination Based on Gender, business and finance homework help

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Spotlight on Dress Code Policies—Discrimination Based on Gender. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Inc., had a dress code that required male sales clerks to wear business attire consisting of slacks, shirt, and necktie. Female salesclerks, by contrast, were required to wear a smock so that customers could readily identify them. Karen O’Donnell and other female employees refused to wear the smock. Instead they reported to work in business attire and were suspended. After numerous suspensions, the female employees were fired for violating Burlington’s dress code policy. All other conditions of employment, including salary, hours, and benefits, were the same for female and male employees. Was the dress code policy discriminatory? Why or why not?

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Legislation, judicial decisions, and administrative agency actions restrict employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, or disability. A class of persons defined by one or more of these criteria is known as a protected class.

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Sexual Discrimination and Dress Code Policies
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Case Study
Sexual Discrimination and Dress Code Policies
In this case scenario, Burlington Coat Factory Inc.’s dress code policy required male
salesclerks to wear slacks, a necktie, and a shirt. Their female counterparts, on the other hand,
were required to wear a smock so as to be easily identifiable. The female salesclerks found
this policy to be discriminatory. As a result, they refused to wear the smocks. Consequently,
they were fired by the company. The issue for determination in this case study is whether
there was whether the dress code policy amounted to sex discrimination as claimed by the
disgruntled female salesclerks.
It is my view that the effect of such a policy is discriminatory and it advances sexual
stereotypes. In the case of Talman (Carroll v. Talman Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Chicago,
448 F. Supp. 79 (N.D. Ill. 1978), it was held that it is discri...


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