Is offering women recruits mani-pedis really any different from, say, inviting students to a networking event at a bar? That happens frequently, and one could argue it’s discriminatory. According to George Rutherglen, a University of Virginia School of Law professor who specialises in employment discrimination, recruitment efforts that target one group over another technically violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Yet an employment discrimination claim must rest on the idea that there’s been an adverse impact on one party. And courts are highly unlikely to rule in favour of a ...
