T-Shirt LLC Case Study

As the HR Director, yourecently learned of Ms. Ramirezs behaviors andwill write a2 pagememo to the CEOthatwill recommend either terminating or discipliningRachellaRamirez, theMarketing VP,in this weeks Discussion.A recap of her behavior is listed below:
RachellaRamirez is theMarketingVPforSunbrightT-Shirt LLC (STS). The company makes trendy t-shirts and sells them in mall kiosks, on Amazon, and on Woot.com,throughout the U.S.STS has 250 employees and is rapidly growing. However, the new product line division is struggling, andRachellafeels it is due to too many older employees who are not up on the new trends of their customers. She decides to do a few things to fix the problem. Here are her actions:

She creates 20 job openings in the new product division. She thendirects her recruiting specialist topost the jobs on Indeed, Monster, and on a garment association website, stating that STS is looking for recent college graduates with product design, marketing, or fashion design degrees to help design new t-shirts.
She sends a note to the current department head of the product design team to downgradeall ofhis over 55 employees performance reviews this year so that none achieve more than a 3 on a 5-point scale.
She is overheard bytwoemployees, who are over 55, talking on the phone to the CEO, saying: I knowthat product design team is a real problem. When do you think these baby boomers will ever start retiring? Then, after a pause: Dont worryI have this figured out.
She puts together a voluntary early retirement package for all workers who are 55 and over, and who have worked for the company for more than 10years,andsends it out to all of thoseworkers. For each of the workers who does not take the offer, sheworks with HR tostart them on performance plans as a result of their lowered performance evaluations.

To complete this Assignment, your memo should include the following:

An introduction which briefly explains the situation and addresses the difference(s) between potential disparate impact and disparate treatment.
A review of the laws involved in the situation, i.e., age discrimination laws relevant to termination in the workplace and how they were violated byRachellasbehaviors.
A recommendation of whetherRachellashould be terminated or disciplined, and why.
A draft of the written memo you would recommend be given toRachellato support your decision to either discipline or terminate her.

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