Post by Nemesis on Mar 29, 2018 22:50:30 GMT -6
www.twincities.com/2018/03/15/former-umd-womens-hockey-coach-awarded-3-74m-in-sex-discrimination-lawsuit/
The jury of eight women and four men took a little over four hours to find that UMD discriminated against Miller on the basis of her sex and retaliated against her for making Title IX complaints when officials decided in December 2014 not to offer her a new contract.
“It’s a big day for women,” Miller proclaimed on the courthouse steps. “Women in general, but especially women in college athletics.”
I think its bigger than that, or it should be. This is by not by far the only sex, age, other protected class discrimination or retaliation case happening against the state of Minnesota. I know people who either are or were in state agencies who fit all of those categories, so I hope this doesn't ONLY encourage more women to come forward with their sex discrimination claims, I hope it encourages more people of all those protected classes to come out and fight the unlawful employment practices in state work.
This case was in federal court, but they have just filed an additional complaint in Minnesota District Court
That 40-page complaint alleges five counts: discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, creation of a hostile work environment and reprisal under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, as well as violations of the Equal Pay for Equal Work Law and the Minnesota Whistleblower Act.
This is the one I'm really going to be watching. Minnesota District Courts and the Minnesota Supreme Court have historically been very pro-employer and anti-employee in their rulings, with some significant recent exceptions. Its exceedingly difficult to win employment cases based on state law in state court and I hope they win. There's a real problem with some of this state's employment practices, and an even bigger problem with how courts have been protecting employers instead of the employees that these laws have been written to protect.
The jury of eight women and four men took a little over four hours to find that UMD discriminated against Miller on the basis of her sex and retaliated against her for making Title IX complaints when officials decided in December 2014 not to offer her a new contract.
“It’s a big day for women,” Miller proclaimed on the courthouse steps. “Women in general, but especially women in college athletics.”
I think its bigger than that, or it should be. This is by not by far the only sex, age, other protected class discrimination or retaliation case happening against the state of Minnesota. I know people who either are or were in state agencies who fit all of those categories, so I hope this doesn't ONLY encourage more women to come forward with their sex discrimination claims, I hope it encourages more people of all those protected classes to come out and fight the unlawful employment practices in state work.
This case was in federal court, but they have just filed an additional complaint in Minnesota District Court
That 40-page complaint alleges five counts: discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, creation of a hostile work environment and reprisal under the Minnesota Human Rights Act, as well as violations of the Equal Pay for Equal Work Law and the Minnesota Whistleblower Act.
This is the one I'm really going to be watching. Minnesota District Courts and the Minnesota Supreme Court have historically been very pro-employer and anti-employee in their rulings, with some significant recent exceptions. Its exceedingly difficult to win employment cases based on state law in state court and I hope they win. There's a real problem with some of this state's employment practices, and an even bigger problem with how courts have been protecting employers instead of the employees that these laws have been written to protect.