On Wednesday, a U.S. judge dismissed a class action discrimination suit against Bloomberg LP because of insufficient evidence. The 2007 suit was brought against the privately-held, New York-based media and information services company by the Equal Opportunity Commission. The government agency alleged that between 2002 to 2007 female employees at Bloomberg were demoted and that their pay was cut after they became pregnant.The original lawsuit, filed on behalf of over 80 employees, stated that after disclosing their pregnancies, women at the company were replaced by “junior” male employees and subjected to comments like “you are not committed” and “you don’t want to be here.” Further, the plaintiffs asserted that the company systematically reduced their pay and demoted them. The women’s complaints to the company’s human resources department were largely ignored, the plaintiffs said.
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