Employment Discrimination Exam

3 questions. Essay. 3.5hrs.

Q.1. 90 minutes. Guy had bipolar disease which had been misdiagnosed as clinical depression. He was a technician that fixed a computers in peoples homes. He had a manic episode & ended up erasing the hard drive of the customer because he thought they were involved in terrorist shananigans. He was fired & now wants his old job back after he was correctly diagnosed as having bipolar. Company he used to work for seeks your advice on whether or not to rehire him.

Q.2. 45 minutes. Television station is implementing a grooming policy where all males are required to shave their beard & females must wear makeup before they can anchor a show. It's concerned about losing its customers. George is a black male anchor with a skin condition that causes the skin to get infected if the beard is shaved off. Condition affects 60% of african american males. Andrea is a 45 year old female anchor who hates wearing makeup because she believes it stereotypes women & better yet, she's allergic to cheap makeup. She breaks out in hives. This allergy is found in 10% of the women. Both will be demoted to reporters in two weeks if they don't get with the program. George & Andrea have come for your advice on how to proceed.

Q.3. 45 minutes. Female workers complain to their supervisor that they don't think it's in the christmas spirit when their male counterparts say "ho ho ho." Supervisor goes to his supervisor & reports to him what the females are saying. Tells his boss that they have a potential claim of sexual harassment if the males don't stop with the ho ho ho business. Next thing you know, the supervisor to the females doesn't receive a christmas bonus, receives a poor job evaluation, and doesn't get a raise the next year. Supervisor comes to you for advice.