The following question appeared in The Wall Street Journal. How would you answer it? Q: Imagine an employer and a male job candidate discussing employment. The candidate discloses that his wife is...

The following question appeared in The Wall Street Journal. How would you answer it? Q: Imagine an employer and a male job candidate discussing employment. The candidate discloses that his wife is pregnant, and the employer is turned off, thinking the candidate will need time off during a busy time. The employer may even ask the candidate if he’s planning to take family leave after the birth. If the candidate says yes, the employer might not hire him because of that. Would this be discriminatory?38

38 Sue Shellenbarger, “Work and Family Mailbox,” The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2005, p. D4.