The federal government announced this afternoon that it had filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg L.P., the financial services company founded by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, accusing the company of discriminating against women.
In its lawsuit, filed this afternoon in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said the company engaged in a pattern of discrimination against pregnant women, including "decreasing their pay, demoting them, diminishing their job duties and excluding them from employment opportunities."
When asked about the lawsuit by the Associated Press, Mr. Bloomberg said he knew nothing about it. "You'll have to talk to Bloomberg L.P.," he was quoted as saying. "I haven't worked there, as you know, in an awful long time."
He no longer works at the company but retains roughly a 70 percent stake in it. ...
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