Disparate treatment are the allegations of discrimination by an employer or organization on the basis of an individual's race or sex (Heneman, Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012). In order to prove a disparate treatment, there must be evidence of the following four factors: The individual must belong to a protected class; the individual who applied for the position was qualified for the position to be filled; the individual was not hired even though they met the qualifications; the position for which the individual applied for remained open, as the employer continued to search for new applicants that were as qualified as the individual that was rejected (Heneman, Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012). Disparate treatment does not focus on the motive
