If an employer pays women greater retirement benefits than it pays its male employees, because the employer knows that women, on average, live longer than men, this is likely to be illegal disparate treatment.

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This scenario constitutes illegal disparate treatment because it involves treating employees differently based on their gender, which is prohibited under laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States and similar legislation in other jurisdictions.

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