I believe if a company/employer is going to be fair to all its employees, there is no room for compromise and/or modifying policies to accommodate certain personnel and penalize others for pointing out any discrepancies. No employee should be fired for questioning written policies that aren't been consistently enforced. Perhaps, the HR Department didn't expect anyone to be intelligent enough to read the P&P and point out a double standard in the workplace. I trust the young man fired will file an EECOC claim against the former employer for what's obviously discrimination. No telling how long this company has been operating in this way.