Until recently,ACME Manufacturing granted every employee one week of paid vacation each year.The company switched its policy,offering substantially more weeks of paid vacation to employees with high seniority (more than 5 years,in this case).The average seniority of female employees at ACME is 2.5 years and 7.75 years for male employees.Which form of discrimination is this policy at risk of creating?
A)disparate treatment
B)disparate impact
C)disparate causality
D)situational discrimination

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The policy of offering substantially more weeks of paid vacation to employees with high seniority (more than 5 years) creates a disparate impact on female employees, as the average seniority of female employees at ACME is 2.5 years, which is less than the requirement of the policy. This policy is not a case of disparate treatment, as the policy applies to both male and female employees. There is no such thing as disparate causality or situational discrimination.

Until Recently,ACME Manufacturing Granted Every Employee One Week of Paid