A former employee of the City of Kerrville, Texas has settled her lawsuit against the City for $12,500. She had sued the City of Kerrville for sex discrimination. She had alleged she was fired for conduct that would have resulted in much less severe punishment for men. See San Antonio Express News report. I
Former CFO of Bexar Medical Society Sues Former Employer
The former Chief Financial Officer for the Bexar County Medical Society has sued her former employer for sex discrimination and retaliation. See San Antonio Express News report. Former CFO Patricia Baldeschwiler served in the post about eight years. According to her lawsuit, Ms. Baldeschwiler and other female employees began to experience sexual discrimination from
Houston Jury Awards $730,000
Surina Dixon was hired by Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas to coach women’s basketball. She quit her job in Tennessee and moved to Texas with her husband in 2008. She noticed soon after she arrived that the new men’s basketball coach was paid $148,000 while she was to be paid only $75,000. She complained.
Kerville Woman Files Suit for Sex Discrimination
A Kerrville woman was fired for sending a text message on a city-owned phone that was allegedly vulgar. Janet Holmes has filed suit claiming she was fired for conduct similar to that of male
employees who were not fired. See San Antonio Express News story. Plaintiff Holmes, a former administrative assistant was fired from
Officer Settles Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
The City of San Antonio settled a case filed by Capt. Rosemary Flammia alleging sex discrimination. See San Antonio Express News report. I mentioned this case last week. See prior post. Capt. Flammia, a female officer, sued the City when she was demoted in 2007 from the post of Deputy Chief of Police.
City Close to Settlement with Female Officer
Rosemary Flammia rose to Deputy Police Chief. Then, a new Police Chief, William McManus, arrived and he demoted her down to Captain in 2007. Capt. Flammia was the highest ranked female, I am sure, in San Antonio history. She was also passed over for two promotions to Assistant Police Chief. Why was she demoted? According
Woman Fired for Being Too Attractive
A woman in New York filed suit alleging she was fired essentially because she was too attractive. See report. According to the lawsuit allegations, the former employee at Citibank was criticized by male co-workers because her curvaceous figure was too distracting in standard business attire and high heels. The plaintiff claimed in the
Big Class Action Against Wal-Mart
The Ninth Circuit granted class certification in a lawsuit against Wal-Mart alleging gender based discrimination against some 2 million women. See report. It was a close 6-5 decision at the court. The Ninth Circuit heard the arguments en banc, which means the that the Ninth Circuit issued an initial decision. One of the
Fired Because of Sex: Is it Fair?
Sometimes, discrimination based on apparent homosexual activity is protected. Sometimes, it is not protected.
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