Mena Vaska Is an Employee at Bill's Department Store for Approximately

question 39

Essay

Mena Vaska is an employee at Bill's Department Store for approximately 10 years as an assistant manager. Despite her supervisors' assurances that she is among the top candidates for a promotion, she is repeatedly passed over. Five store manager positions are given to less-experienced and less-qualified men within a two-month period, as well as to women with no children or to women who assure their bosses they would have no more children. Mena has one kid and is pregnant again. Mena thinks that her motherhood is the reason for her being passed over for promotion. What legal course does Mena have?

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