CL813 Employment Discrimination Module 13 Writing Assignment

Part 1: Drafting the 'Particulars are' Section of the Charge of Discrimination

CL813 Employment Discrimination Module 13 Writing Assignment This assignment has two parts. The first part asks you to draft a section of an employment discrimination charge. The second part asks you to draft an employer position statement. Both parts must be fully completed. Part 1 should be completed in a separate document from Part 2. Part 1 In this part you will be acting as Jane May’s attorney. Review the sample employment discrimination charge in Chapter 10 on page 598 of the textbook and the requirements for the “scope of the charge.” Then, draft “the Particulars are” section of the Charge of Discrimination using the information presented in the facts from Jane May below. Part 2 Now, you will be switching roles and acting as the attorney for the employer. Download the assignment template. Using the template, write an employer’s position statement based on the facts from the employer presented below. Please make up any facts that are not included, such as the Investigator’s name. Facts From Jane May Jane May is a 42-year-old Asian American manager at the Woodstock location of Daisy Depot’s. She had worked at the company for 10 years this past October and claims that the company discriminated against her when it recently fired her. She provided the following information to support her claim: On May 10, her supervisor, Paul Murray, a 60-year-old white male, called and told her that she had to fire an employee, Richard Medina, who refused to work on Sunday in the Woodstock warehouse. Ms. May alleges that she explained to Mr. Murray that Medina was religious and could not work on Sundays. She says that she also explained that it would violate federal and state EEO laws if the company did not respect Mr. Medina’s religious beliefs. Mr. Murray cursed at her and told her to “man up” or he would reprimand and suspend her for “acting like a mother hen” and for “complaining to him about this stuff.” She said that he told her that Medina worked at a restaurant on Sundays. Because she needed to protect her job, Ms. May did as she was told. On February 1, the same thing largely happened again. Mr. Murray called and told Ms. May to fire another employee who refused to work on Sundays because of the employee’s religious beliefs. Ms. May said she told Murray again that it would be “religious discrimination” if she did. She claims that he told her she was getting soft in her old age. Because of her “efforts to protect her employees and the company,” Ms. May was reprimanded and suspended without pay for two days and told to “man up or get out.” On May 1, Ms. May was on a teleconference of store managers. When Mr. Murray requested the report on the Woodstock store, he said, “Now let’s hear from the Lady’s Store.” Ms. May was insulted by this comment and claims he was always saying things like that.