Read problem 35-5 and discuss whether Burlington Coat Factory's policy is discriminatory.

35-5. Business Case Problem with Sample Answer

Age Discrimination. Beginning in 1986, Paul Rangel was a

sales professional for the pharmaceutical company

sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC (S-A). Rangel had satis-

factory performance reviews until 2006, when S-A

issued new "Expectations" guidelines that included

sales call quotas and other standards that he failed to meet.

After two years of negative performance reviews, Rangelwho

was then more than forty years oldwas terminated. e termination was part of a nationwide reduction in force of all sales professionals who had not met the "Expectations" guidelines,

including younger workers. Did S-A engage in age discrimination? Discuss. [Rangel v. sanofi aventis U.S. LLC, 2013 WL142040 (10th Cir. 2013)] (See Discrimination Based on Age.)

For a sample answer to Problem 35-5, go to Appendix E at

the end of this text.