hope you can assist me with these questions from BHR 3565

1. A group of nurses at Big Town Hospital filed a complaint, charging thehospital with discrimination, and alleged that the hospital had failed toimplement changes that were recommended by an outside consultant the hospitalhired to make sure that the hospital was complying with applicable employmentlaws. The outside consultant stated that nursing positions werefemale-dominated jobs and recommended that job classifications related tonursing positions and compensation in those job classifications be modified sothat they were more in line with other positions in the hospital that were notdominated by one gender or the other. The hospital maintains that because nursing positions are generally filed byfemales, there can be no discrimination of equal pay issue with regard to thosepositions. Who is right, the nurses who contend that there is sexdiscrimination and violation of equal pay laws, or the hospital that contendsthat only males who fill nursing positions can have a claim for sex discriminationand equal pay law violations?

2. Sally works as a welder at Heavy Iron Works Company.She is the only female welder in a shop with ten male welders. Teddy is themanager of that shop with Sally and the ten male welders. Sally is continuallythe subject of comments by many of the male welders in the shop, and many ofthose welders tell racy jokes so that Sally can hear. Sally has told the malewelders in the shop that their comments and actions make her uncomfortable, butthe only response that she has gotten from the male welders is that if she doesnot like it, she should leave. Sally wants to file a sexual harassment claim against her employer. Are thereany further actions that she should take before filing that claim that wouldhelp her situation or make her case stronger? Is Heavy Iron Works Company goingto be liable for the actions of the male welders? What factors will beconsidered in determining whether there is sexual harassment and/or a hostilework environment?

3. Jim works as a first grade teacher in a local publicgrammar school. All of the other teachers and the principal in the school arefemale. Some of the teachers make lewd comments about Jims appearance and evenwhistle at him when he walks down the halls at school. Jim has ignored thosecomments, but he has told the school principal that the comments make himuncomfortable and that he is reluctant to participate in school activitiesbecause he is embarrassed by the attention he receives from the other teachers.The principal responded to Jims concerns by telling him to lighten up andaccept that he is an attractive male in a female world. Evaluate Jimssituation with respect the sexual harassment, using the six requirements forsexual harassment.