Liz was a securities analyst at a major New York City investment bank. She had been a securities analyst at that bank for five years and had  received satisfactory job evaluations, so when a position as chief  securities analyst came available, she applied for the job. At about the  time she applied for the job, she discovered that she was pregnant. She  interviewed for the chief securities analyst position, but another  applicant, a female who had also worked as a securities analyst and who  had received satisfactory job evaluations, but who was not pregnant, was  given the job. When Liz asked the department head who made the hiring  decision why she had not gotten the job, he responded:

“It didn’t bother me at all that you are pregnant. But whether or not you are going to be able to spend the time to actually perform the job and to be a mom and do all that, we factored that in, sure. We were concerned about that.”

Are those legitimate concerns? Did the investment bank act properly? Were any laws violated? If so, what laws?

Your response should be a minimum of 200 words in length.