No Spouse Employment Policy
The case of Star Paper Corporation vs. Simbol brought about the concepts of disparate impact and disparate treatment on employment discrimination into our shores. In disparate treatment analysis, the complainant must prove that an employment policy is discriminatory on its face. No-spouse employment policies requiring an employee of a particular sex to either quit, transfer, or be fired are facially discriminatory. For example, an employment policy prohibiting the employer from hiring wives of male employees, but not husbands of female [...]