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Article

17 Aug 2011

Author:
David W. Chen, New York Times

Discrimination Suit Against Bloomberg L.P. Is Rejected [USA]

In a major victory for Bloomberg...a federal judge has dismissed claims that the company engaged in a pattern of discrimination against pregnant women and new mothers returning from maternity leave. Judge...wrote that the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission had relied too much on anecdotes, and not on statistics, when it accused Bloomberg L.P. of discrimination...In a strongly worded ruling...she said...that...the company did not systematically violate the law because it did not treat women who took maternity leave differently from employees who took leaves for other reasons...The case is not necessarily over; the federal government may appeal, and the 65 women who qualified as claimants in the class-action lawsuit can still file individual lawsuits accusing discrimination.