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Labor/Employment

Sep. 3, 2005

Circumstantial Evidence Has Key Role in Proving Unlawful Discrimination

Employment Column - By Jeffrey K. Winikow - Elysa Yanowitz, a former regional sales manager for L'Oreal, was placed in the unenviable position of being asked to fire a female sales associate because she wasn't "hot" enough for one of her bosses' liking. Taken aback, Yanowitz didn't fire the aesthetically challenged sales associate; instead, she questioned the directive to do so.

        
        
        

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