Spotlight on Dress Code Policies—Discrimination Based on G

Spotlight on Dress Code Policies—Discrimination Based on Gender.Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse, Inc., had a dress code that requiredmale sales clerks to wear business attire consisting of slacks, shirt,and necktie. Female salesclerks, by contrast, were required to wear asmock so that customers could readily identify them. Karen O’Donnell andother female employees refused to wear the smock. Instead they reportedto work in business attire and were suspended. After numeroussuspensions, the female employees were fired for violating Burlington’sdress code policy. All other conditions of employment, including salary,hours, and benefits, were the same for female and male employees. Wasthe dress code policy discriminatory? Why or why not? Instruction: Please apply the vocabulary you’ve learned to the question you select.Your answer should be one-half to a full page in length. The vocabulary is ‘Protected class’ and the definition is belowLegislation, judicial decisions, and administrative agency actionsrestrict employers from discriminating against workers on the basis ofrace, color, religion,national origin, gender, age, or disability. A class of persons definedby one or more of these criteria is known as a protected class.