Race Discrimination in a Bank
Donna was an African American woman who had a long career in bank management. She started with this particular employer as a Floating Assistant Branch Manager, working in several locations and receiving excellent performance reviews.
The trouble began when she was placed in a new branch, with a Branch Manager who was openly hostile to her. When she was nominated for a leadership award within the company, he questioned her selection and suggested her race might have been a factor. One day, a white customer came into the branch behaving erratically. Donna tried to help the customer, but he left the bank and then called customer service to complain about Donna in explicitly racist terms. In response, Donna was told that she needed to undergo training to better handled people like him. Shortly thereafter, Donna's employment was terminated by the bank. Though they told her that her position was being eliminated, in fact it was quickly filled by a non African American individual. Discrimination Law SolutionDonna was stunned that she was not only the target of the customer's racist behavior, but the one singled out to undergo training, and ultimately fired after six years of service to the bank.
We drafted a demand letter and sent it to the bank, articulating her claims of discrimination and retaliation. We were able to negotiate a fair severance package for her, without the need to file a public complaint in court. |
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Postscript
Donna was able to obtain compensation for her termination without having to re-live the entire experience through the litigation process. If you are facing an unlawful termination, and either have not been offered any severance or have been offered something you think is inadequate, remember that you can still seek an appropriate package with the help of an employment lawyer.
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