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From: reh@aplvax.UUCP (Ron E. Hall)
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Subject: Re: Changing Roles
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Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 14:27:14 EDT
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Jeanette Zobjeck in reply to Ross Greenburg:
> One last thought.
> 
> One woman who takes a job knowing that because of a pregnancy she will
> not be able to complete it or who becomes pregnant and deliberately
> hides the issue untill she has to leave and then tell t to sue her for it 
> does not mean all women will do the same thing.
> What is your opinion than of a man who takes on such a project and
> then accepts a better position with another employer and tells you 
> to sue him. While your chances of recovering your money may be better
> would the fact that it was a man and he was moving up in his profession make
> any difference to you? ( I really would be interested in your thoughts.)

1. No, it doesn't mean  that all women (or even most women) would do 
the same thing, but it does mean that an employer who hires a woman 
of childbearing age is taking on an additional risk, and an employer 
(male or female) who has had Greenburg's experience will give that 
risk additional weight.

2. The woman lied to Greenburg, signed a contract she had no intention
of honoring, and hiding behind her pregnancy laughed in his face because
she knew she would not have to suffer the consequences of her bad faith. 
The man signed the contract in good faith and will have to suffer the 
economic consequences of breaking the contract.  The fact that the contract 
is being broken by a man leaving to better himself is relatively unimportant 
(I would feel the same about a woman breaking the contract to better herself 
by leaving). 


					Ron Hall
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					Ron Hall
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