Lockwood’s complaint is grounds for Parental discrimination because her fellow female co-workers without children, receives superior pay. After Lockwood mentioned her kids in her interview, she was then offered a much lower salary than her female colleagues. Fighting for similar pay proves she was discriminated due to her parental status. Additionally, because Lockwood was fired for no reason other than an incident with her sick child, proves parental discrimination. It is also clear the hiring manager used disparate impact when hiring and firing Lockwood. The company seemed to be complying with the laws by hiring a female worker but, because they knew she had a child she was discriminated. The case could possibly be considered sex discrimination.
