414 F. Supp. 2d 450 - Conway v. Microsoft Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “In the Second Circuit, whether or not co-employees report to the same supervisor is an important factor in determining whether two employees are subject to the same workplace standards for purposes of finding them similarly situated.” Conway v. Microsoft Corp., 414 F.Supp.2d 450, 465 (S.D.N.Y.2006) (collecting cases); see also Downes v. Potter, No. 04 Civ. 3876(JFB), 2006 WL 2092479 , at n. 4 (E.D.N.Y. July 26, 2006) (citing Conway and stating that”

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   e.g. 528 F. Supp. 2d 257 - Murray v. Visiting Nurse Services of New York

2. “What constitutes “all material respects” ... varies somewhat from case to case and ... must be judged based on [i] whether the plaintiff and those he maintains were similarly situated were subject to the same workplace standards and [ii] whether the conduct for which the employer imposed discipline was of comparable seriousness. In other words there should be an “objectively identifiable basis for comparability.””

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   e.g. Dellaporte v. City University of New York