Question

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 saleschecks, 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. (o'donnell v. burlington coat factory warehouse, inc., 656 f.supp. 263 (s.d. ohio 1987) see employment discrimination was the dress code policy discriminatory

Answer 1

The dress code policy is DISCRIMINATORY. The policy gives men advantages over women; the men were allowed to put on business apparels while the women are restricted to smock, making the men look more professional than the women. There are so many other methods that can be used to distinguish male from female sales agents.