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Susie Q vs Happy Smile Maxillofacial Surgery

In: Business and Management

Submitted By kmkmkm
Words 827
Pages 4
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or EEOC for short is an American agency which checks and manages organisations on unfair firings. The EEOC investigates and then legally helps people who think they have been discriminated against while working in organisations. This discrimination can be of many types such as racial, gender, age or even if a person has some sort of disability.
From what I have understood after reading the text, Susie Q was hired by a company called as Happy Smile Maxillofacial Surgery during her second day at work she was fired after her bosses found out that she was pregnant. After doing some research I have found that the Civil Act of 1964 is basically a law which stops discrimination of any kind while Title VII of this Act deals with discrimination in the place of work. In 1978 there was an addition to the Civil Act Title VII where discrimination on the basis of pregnancy was also added and this change was called Pregnancy Discrimination Act. So through this change to Civil Act the dismissal of Susie Q can be considered as going against this law.
The question regarding if it was legal to fire Susie Q is a tough question because there are two sides to this story with both sides having valid points. Well first of all if we look at this problem from Susie Q and the EEOC’s side then it is illegal to fire Susie Q because she is protected by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Also that she applied and got accepted for the job of a receptionist and as a scheduler. This, in my opinion is not a very demanding job and I think that if Susie Q would have gotten the chance she would have easily completed the duties of her job while she was still pregnant. Another thing that Susie Q can claim is that her employers did not ask her if she was pregnant when they confirmed her job at the company. This shows that the company thought that

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