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Mayor Michael Bloomberg's civilian life got a jolt: His company, Bloomberg L.P., was sued by the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission for "a pattern or practice of demoting and reducing the pay of female employees after they announced their pregnancies and after they took maternity leave."
Mayor Bloomberg had previously settled a lawsuit with a former Bloomberg L.P. employee, Sekiko Garrison. From a 2001 Village Voice story by Wayne Barrett:
Garrison alleged that Bloomberg told her twice to "kill it" when she informed him she was pregnant, adding "Great! Number 16," a reference to the number of women then on maternity leave.And a 2001 Michael Wolff column in New York magazine questioned Bloomberg's workplace behavior with female employees after reading Garrison's court papers: "When Bloomberg sees Garrison speaking with Bill Beutel, the local news anchor, at a Corporate Challenge road race in Central Park, Bloomberg, in the presence of other employees, accuses her, allegedly, of wanting to have sex with the anchorman."Bloomberg denied saying it during the lawsuit, but in a voice-mail message he left her immediately afterwards, he said he'd heard he'd upset her, adding both that he'd "certainly never said anything" and that he "never meant anything." He also said—in a message that was not reported in prior news stories—that he didn't know until another executive told him that "we have six people pregnant."
The EEOC says that "pregnant women and new mothers were excluded from management meetings and subjected to stereotyping about their abilities to do their jobs because of their family and caregiver responsibilities" and that complaints to the HR department were dismissed. Mayor Bloomberg told reporters he knew "nothing whatsoever" about the suit. "You'll have to talk to Bloomberg L.P. I haven't worked there, as you know, in an awful long time." Still, WNBC points out, he retains a 68% share in the company.
Back in 2001, when running against Bloomberg in the mayoral race, Mark Green used the "Kill it" allegation in an advertisement.
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Yeah, so, this is news? Bloomie's a control freak when it comes to his company. If he could regulate his female employee's lady-cycles he would.
A buddy of mine worked pretty closely with Mike at Bloomberg a couple of years ago. Buddy's gf was blonde with big tits - Mike was all over that like white on rice.
whinny bitches
I don't blame 'em - women of child-bearing age are just too much trouble...
as a politician and employer, you'd think he'd have taken a cursory glance at Title VII...
Wah, my company moves on without me when I take six months off.
Shed me a tear.
Bloomberg is such a little man.
Bloomberg is a control freak when it comes to New York as well. The City Council is firmly under his thumb.
If you're too busy worrying if little Jimmy has a runny nose to pay attention to your work, then your demotion is deserved. If we wanted to promote a truly equal opportunity workplace, then people who have children shouldn't get special treatment. Maybe I can rent a kid so I can get half-days to see a dance recital or some crap.
You idiots know nothing about the law and how it works. Title VII of th Civil Rights Act was made to prevent this very blatant form of sex discrimination. Call me crazy but I don't think its asking for special treatment to come back from maternity leave and go back to the position you were working before your child is born. I hope these ladies win.