The scenario I'm imagining is a part-time job, where there's no sex discrimination in the actual hiring based on sex, but the type (and possibly) quantity of shifts available is restricted by sex. Most information I can find about employment discrimination is about the actual hiring, or the wages paid for the same amount of work; what I'm wondering about is the availability of shifts.
Say there are two types of shift that employees in the same role can be given; the scenario I'm envisioning is that one type of shift (think along the lines of lifting heavy things, or some job stereotypically associated more with men) is only given to male employees, while the other type of shift is given to both.
So, my question is, is this illegal?
And, if so, would it still be illegal if the sexes received the same number of shifts, just of different types? I could see an argument for either; on the one hand they're receiving the same number of hours (and thus pay), but on the other hand maybe you could argue "doing xyz" and "doing xyz and lifting heavy objects" are two separate jobs, each with discriminatory hiring.
