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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Stereotypes at work

PORTLAND, Maine — A federal court in Maine denied two aviation companies’ motion to deny sex discrimination claims brought against them by a fired employee. She has plausibly alleged she was fired only because her male partner was fired, based on a sexist stereotype that she would have abandoned the job to “stand by her man” if she wasn’t fired.

Read the ruling here.

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