a. An employee is laid off because his employer had insufficient work for him to do.
b. Only female applicants are hired for jobs at an all-women hostel.
c. An employee is fired when she becomes pregnant.
d. A worker’s employment is terminated because he took part in lawful union activities.
Answer these questions.
1. What does the phrase construed as discriminatory in paragraph 2 mean? What do you think would be involved in proving that a job advertisement could be construed as discriminatory?
2. What do you understand by the phrase reasonable adjustments in paragraph 3? What factors do you think might be taken into account when deciding if an adjustment is reasonable?
3. What do you think compensation for [...] injured feelings in paragraph 6 refers to? What kinds of work-related situations do you think could result in such a claim for compensation?