---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amy Singer,PhD <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 11:08 AM Subject: [LDA] Re: gender bender-really need reponses to this To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Cc: [email protected]
$25 per opinion will go to The Justice Project (similar to the innocence project). As always your answers, thoughts and opinions are critical. Please send this out to your friends and family as I am not getting enough reponses for this case. Thanks in Advance. This is an alleged sexual harrasment and unlawful termination case. Amy Plaintiff's position: Plaintiff is 50 year old female former veteran navy recruiter (single mom). National company is a university that teaches “male traits” (according to company supervisor). Company hired Plaintiff to fill a recruiter position on military team consisting of 30 individuals and (two females, including Plaintiff). After hire,the company puts Plaintiff in training. Male co-workers and male supervisors refer to her a “cougar,” “grandma,” make fun of her handshake, belittle her, take bets on how long she will last, make sexual comments to her, and make statements like, “since you are a woman, you will be singled out, “ and “we don’t want a woman touching our computer.” Plaintiff objects to the treatment to her sexist supervisor only. After training, and four months after her hire, company fires Plaintiff and the other female on the team who had been there since 2007, stating that they were doing a “reduction in force.” The men involved in the decision to fire her and the other woman (wiping out all female reps), made the sexist statements to her during her training. Two days later, company hires two men into positions in other regions and continues to hire men to fill positions Plaintiff was in (with less tenure) including the region she worked (in about 8 months later). Although Plaintiff was more qualified than other men, more experienced and had more licenses, company says they fired her because she “could not fill requirements of position” – . _________________________________________________ Company's position Company takes the position that Plaintiff was fired due to economic reasons along with other representatives (men and women) and that she lied during interview that she could get on a navy base in Jacksonville (which she wasn’t able to do because of Admiral who did not allow anyone on the base from the company). Company also states she was not good on computers which was a requirement of the job. Company also states that Plaintiff failed to ever complain of sexual harassment or gender discrimination during her employment to Human Resources and the first time they heard about discrimination was after her termination. Company states she was not transferred to another region in lieu of firing because she did not ask for it and could not travel because she is a single mom and sent an email after her firing thanking the company for the opportunity. Further, harassment she endured was not sexual harassment and is tenuous. Company says they fired her because she “could not fill requirements of position” – based upon an inability to create a signature line on an email, for example. Based on the fact, was there discrimination? Why or why Not? What would you need to hear to side with the plaintiff? What would you need to hear to side with the defendant? What seems suspicious? Anything else you would like to add? What is that company is and what does it do. The company is a university ? It teaches male traits ? Plaintiff has sued Corin Colleges and Ytech. Corin is a private college that owns Yotech. The plaintiff worked for both but more specifically for Yotech. The Yotech campus focuses on teaching automotive technology, motorcycle mechanics, auto refinishing, plumbing and electrical. In a deposition, the supervisor was asked why there were not more women students and the supervisor said because the school teaches “male traits.”There are female students there and female mechanics. If this is true then why would they hire a woman in the first place? Plaintiff was hired to work on the Military Admissions Team. This was a team that had 3 0individuals who all are former military. The team focused on recruiting individuals who are retiring from the military. When Plaintiff was hired, there was only one other female on the team. She was hired as the second female. Kelly (the other female) had been there since 2007 and was also fired at the same time as the Plaintiff. She is also suing the company for gender discrimination and her trial is scheduled for June of 2014 in Los Angelas. How long was she working for that company and what job did she have before getting hired? (as a navy recruiter)? Are there any females working there? The Plaintiff worked for the company for a little less than 5 months. Prior to getting hired by the company she worked in a clothing boutique for several years. Did Plaintiff take eligibility tests prior to being employed? No eligibility tests prior to being hired but knowledge of mechanics is not a pre-req and all supervisors admit that she had the ability to do the job. Did Plaintiff take and complete any computer classes and receive certification for same? No, however, she does know how to work a computer and currently teaches computer training at her new job. Was the Plaintiff the first female this;companyever hired? No she was the second female on the Military Team. There are other females that work for the company but not on the team. The Military team has not hired any women since her firing (and the other female’s firing). There was another female on the team at one point but she quit. Has there ever been documented suspicion or proof of sexual harassment in this company prior to this incident? The company has had other claims of sexual harassment but none in litigation. Did anyone subpoena company payroll records and see P ; L statements for the company the year before and the year after Plaintiff was hired and fired? In the year prior to her hire and the year of her hire, the company was doing extremely well or making revenue. Since that time, the company has had several RIFs (which is a problem), and has continued to lose revenues. 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