2390 REVIEW DENIED Employment discrimination cases are subject to a burden shifting approach: plaintiff has the initial burden to make out a prima facie case of discrimination; the burden shifts to defendant to offer a valid, non-discriminatory reason for the employment decision; the burden then shifts to plaintiff to show that the reason is a pretext for discrimination.CitationHORN v CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (Non-Pretextual Termination) 72 CA4 798 [See: McDonnell Douglas v Green 411 US 792; Caldwell v Paramount 41 CA4 189, T/AT 1/96; Hersant v Dept of Social Svcs 57 CA4 997, T/AT 10/97 ]
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