LAW OFFICE OF GREGORY A. WILLIAMS — Disparate Treatment

LAW OFFICE OF
GREGORY A. WILLIAMS
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Discrimination may occur because of the disparate treatment of persons. See E-Z Loader Boat Trailers, Inc. v. Travelers Indem. Co., 106 Wn.2d 901, 909, 726 P.2d 439 (Wash. 1986). To prove “disparate treatment” discrimination, a plaintiff must show that an employer treated an individual employee or group of employees differently because of sex, race, age, religion or some other improper differentiation (i.e., protected class). See id. (citing International Bhd. of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324, 97 S.Ct. 1843, 52 L.Ed.2d 396 (1977); [s]ee also Texas Dept. of Community Affairs v. Burdine, 450 U.S. 248, 256, 101 S.Ct. 1089, 1095, 67 L.Ed.2d 207 (1981)) (internal hyperlink added). This is what most people envision when they think of employment discrimination.