What legal statutes apply in this case What issues must the

What legal statute(s) apply in this case?   

What issue(s) must the court decide in this case?

If you were the judge, how would you rule? Did the employer discriminate unlawfully? Why or why not?

What legal statute(s) apply in this case?

3. T elma Jones had worked at a large public accounting firm for five years when the rtners proposed her as a candidate for partnership. Of the 662 partners in the firm, seven were women. Of the 88 persons proposed that year, Jones was the only woman. Forty-seven were admitted to partnership, 21 were rejected, and 20, including Jones, were held for \"reconsideration.\" Thirteen of the 32 partners who submitted comments on Jones\'s performance supported her candidacy, three recommended holding her application, eight stated that they had insufficient knowledge to comment, and eight recommended denial. While the partners praised her outstanding performance, both supporters and opponents of her candidacy indicated that she was sometimes overly aggressive, unduly harsh, difficult to work with, and impatient with staff One partner described her as \"macho.\" In a meeting with a senior partner about her candidacy, she was told that, to improve her chances for partnership, she should \"walk more femininely, talk more femininely, dress more femi- partnership, she should walk more ninely, wear make-up, style her hair, and wear jewelry.\" When the partners refused to reconsider her candidacy the following year, she sued the firm, charging sex discrimination. ames McFadden was a transsexual who uhilo til

Solution

The legal statute that applies to this case is Sex discrimination at workplace.

The court must decide whether the allegations of Thelma are true or not.

I would rule in favor of Thelma as the recommendations given to her to improve her chances for candidacy were irrelevant to the position she was going to work for.