Fired for getting married: Does that count as sex discrimination?

Title VII does not specifically list "marital status" as one of the potential grounds for a sex discrimination lawsuit. But that doesn't mean marriage cannot play a role in Title VII sex discrimination cases.

So-called "sex-plus discrimination" can include discrimination based on a combination of the sex of the employee/applicant, plus another factor. Thus, if an employer treats married women differently than married men, the sex treated less favorably may have a sex-plus marital-status case.

Recent case: Kymberley was hired as a district manager at an adult entertainment business. She had previously engaged in a romantic relationship with the owner, but that was over.

A couple weeks into her job, she flew to Las Vegas and got married. She let the owner know via text and, the following day, was informed by the controller that she was being terminated. When she asked the owner why, he texted back: " Ur just not working out and I gave the other girl another chance.... U have... a new...