MANA 4354
Sample Internship Journal
Journal #1
Last week at the EEOC was very interesting. I worked
with an investigator on a claim in which the charging party is accusing the
respondent of discharging her because she was pregnant and a woman in violation
of Title IIV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The respondent claims
that the charging party’s job performance has not up to par, and that was
the reason for her termination. The respondent also cites in their position
statement that the company has had several employees who were both female
and pregnant that were not discriminated against. The respondent cited several
examples of incidents when the charging party’s performance was substandard,
however the charging party always had evidence to prove otherwise. It was
basically her word against theirs. The respondent’s claim that their organization
had several female employees that were pregnant was the strongest in their
favor. If these female employees returned to work after their pregnancy then
the likelihood of the charging party’s proving that she was discriminated
against because she was pregnant is decreased. I suggested to the investigator
that the charging party had very little to go on. I prepared a request for
information asking the respondent to submit the names of the other female
employees who were pregnant and any written documentation, such as warnings
to support the charging party’s sub par performance.