How much do you know about moms’ rights in the workplace in the current era? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers will appear at the end of each question, so you can cheat all you want, and we’ll never know. If you make it to the end, there will be a special gift, selected especially for you.
On these questions, please assume that federal law applies. Also, please note that all companies and their names and these scenarios are 100 percent made up by me. Totally fabricated. Lies, if you will.
Ready? Here we go!
NO. 1: Goggle is hiring a Director of Finance. It is considering internal and outside applicants, and the most qualified individual by far is the stellar Glenda, who reported to the prior Director. But Goggle hires less-qualified outside applicant Gloria because Glenda has four kids, and Gloria is unmarried and childless. The second choice was George, who has five kids. George is also less qualified than Glenda, but his wife is a stay-at-home mom. The Chief Financial Officer is afraid that Glenda will be too consumed with family responsibilities and may also get pregnant again soon.
Is this hiring decision legal?
A. Heck, no!
B. It stinks, but it’s legal. Glenda and Gloria are both women. George came in second only because his wife is a full-time mom, not because he’s a man. In other words, no sex discrimination. Also, no pregnancy discrimination because nobody is pregnant.
ANSWER: A. Even if Glenda isn’t currently pregnant, and even though Gloria is...
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