Article: Merrill Lynch Women Fight for Equal Treatment.(women sues Merrill Lynch and Company Inc. for sex discrimination)(Brief Article)

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Merrill Lynch is up against a very angry mother.

In 1995, Marybeth Cremin, a thirteen-year broker and a vice president at the firm, was managing between $60 and $70 million in assets and producing about $400,000 annually for the company. Because of complications with a pregnancy, Cremin took medical leave in December 1994. Under Merrill Lynch policy, she was entitled to twenty-six weeks of paid leave. After thirteen weeks, Cremin says, the company changed her status and docked her benefits.

After her baby was born, she says, Joseph Gannotti, her manager, proposed a change in her employment that would cause her to turn over her clients ...

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