1. A complaint was filed against one of the supervisors in Avondale Industries’ unmanned vehicles engineering division in Denver, Colorado. The engineer who filed the complaint was a 27-year-old woman who claimed the supervisor showed favoritism to the men on his team; she is the only woman engineer among a team of eight. In her complaint, she listed several instances of unequal treatment:
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3. She was written up for being tardy three times while none of the other employees were, even though she kept documentation of several instances when other employees were late.
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5. She has never been assigned to lead a project and is the only engineer to have been excluded as a project lead even though her work is exemplary.
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7. The supervisor only asks for input from male engineers.
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9. The supervisor has repeatedly excused unproductive behavior for the male engineers but criticizes her when she is not focused one hundred percent on work.
10. After trying to talk to her supervisor and being told that she “was dreaming it all up,” the woman filed a complaint with HR. Explains the need for HR to take this complaint seriously and investigate the situation.
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It is very important to the HR to take this complaint seriously for the following important reasons 1 Allegations of Gender based Discrimination This ... View the full answer