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1- All assignments should be in 12 pt times new roman font and 1 inch margins (double spaced). Variation from this usually gives the appearance that students are artificially trying to inflate the length of their assignment.
2- Length: These assignments are making up for almost two weeks of discussion each. You do not have to do every assignment. Thus you have to put in a lot of effort into each assignment. A page or two will never be enough to do well on the assignment. Typically it will result in a grade of 70 or below. Many assignments will require you to type three or more pages in order for you to provide complete analysis.
Spelling and Grammar: Please proof read as errors will reduce your overall grade.
Citing: Students are expected to cite regularly from the assigned readings. If you fail to cite it will result in a loss of a letter grade.
Attaching the Assignment: You are expected to type an actual assignment/paper in word and attach it as requested. DO NOT copy and paste your assignment into the comment box. In the future that will result in your not getting a grade on the assignment.
Putting your name on your assignment: I print up all assignments at once. If you do not put your name on the assignment in the future I will deduct a letter grade. It is time cumbersome for me to try to find out which paper is yours after the fact.
Patience: keep in mind that there are about 40 students taking this class and it will take me about a week to grade all students assignments and post them. Also keep in mind that I do not collect assignments until the due date. So if you turn your assignment early it wont expedite the grading.
You currently work for a bank. There is a regulation at issue that requires that all female bank employees who are in regular contact with the public wear one of two uniforms selected by the bank. These are provided at bank expense and are individually tailored to fit each employee. The styles are selected by a committee of female employees and are changed annually. No one has complained about the styles of uniform. The women complain that they are required to wear any type of uniform when the male employees who are in regular contact with the public are permitted to select their own working attire.
Ms. Fletcher met last week with the women tellers and reviewed the basis of the uniform policy with them at some length. It was instituted in 1955 because the women tellers had entered into a fashion competition with one another, a competition that interfered with the business of the bank. To put a stop to that competition the officers of First Valley implemented the uniform policy. There was no need to require that the men be subject to this policy because they showed no signs of competing with one another over who would wear the more fashionable ensemble. Ms. Fletcher explained that the uniform policy is kept in place because there is no reason to think that the same fashion competition would not reassert itself if the uniform policy were lifted.
Your assignment is to compose a memorandum to Ms. Fletcher indicating what you understand to be: (a) the strongest argument in support of the claim that the policy violates Title VII;
(b) the strongest argument in support of the claim that it does not; and
(c) your judgment as to which argument is more likely to prevail should the matter go to trial. You are to indicate the pertinent legal authorities in support of your judgment.
