Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2016 16:29:46 GMT -6
Ex-Texas Agriculture Commission Worker Alleges Discrimination
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is facing a lawsuit from a former agency employee who says she lost her job because of her race.
Shelia Latting, who is black, filed a lawsuit in state district court in Travis County Tuesday, claiming she lost her job a year ago as deputy chief financial officer due to racial discrimination at the agency.
“We’ve established race discrimination by the mere fact that they terminated a highly qualified woman with an excellent history with the state and replaced her with two Caucasians who were less qualified,” said Susan Haney, Latting’s attorney.
The 21-year state employee is seeking between $200,000 and $1 million in relief and new department policies aimed at preventing future discrimination.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/19/former-texas-employee-sues-sid-miller-over-hiring-/
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is facing a lawsuit from a former agency employee who says she lost her job because of her race.
Shelia Latting, who is black, filed a lawsuit in state district court in Travis County Tuesday, claiming she lost her job a year ago as deputy chief financial officer due to racial discrimination at the agency.
“We’ve established race discrimination by the mere fact that they terminated a highly qualified woman with an excellent history with the state and replaced her with two Caucasians who were less qualified,” said Susan Haney, Latting’s attorney.
The 21-year state employee is seeking between $200,000 and $1 million in relief and new department policies aimed at preventing future discrimination.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/01/19/former-texas-employee-sues-sid-miller-over-hiring-/