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Yesterday, I read a press release in the EEOC’s Virtual Newsroom announcing the resolution of a retaliation lawsuit. In my twenty-plus years of practicing employment law, I didn’t recall seeing retaliation claims quite like this one.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the general manager complained to the company’s Acting Chief Operating Officer that the company’s Controller discriminated against her based on what she believed to be her Hispanic national origin. The Acting COO told the general manager “not to go to HR” because he and the general manager “could fix it between themselves.” But it didn’t get fixed.
The EEOC