MLG Successfully Hands $60.9K Settlement for Race, Disability Discrimination and Harassment Victim

LOS ANGELES - July 18, 2013 - PRLog -- The topnotch Los Angeles employment lawyers of the Mesriani Law Group (MLG) have recently secured $60,900.00 settlement for an African-American male employee who was discriminated and harassed by his superiors because of his race and disability.

According to case files, the client-employee worked for almost 10 years as a package handler in an undisclosed delivery services company. During his tenure in the company, he never violated any rules or company policies. In fact, his colleagues were highly satisfied of his work and performance and considered him as a highly dependable and dedicated employee. However, his time in the company took a negative turn when he was repeatedly subjected to unfair treatment in the workplace by his former managers.

It was during the end of 2009 when the client-employee was transferred to a warehouse and worked for one of the company’s managers. According to the testimonies of the client-employee’s colleagues, the warehouse manager had been known for singling out African-American employees and favored those of Mexican descent.

In the beginning of 2010, the client-employee first witnessed said manager’s penchant of stereotyping African-Americans after he overheard him asking a Caucasian female co-worker what she likes to cook. He heard his manager saying that “he knew that ‘black people cook BBQ.’”

In June 2011, the warehouse manager suspended and reprimanded him for wearing tennis shoes. Apparently, the company requires workers to wear boots for safety reasons, but client-employee had already told his manager that he experienced physical pain in his feet and that he needed to wear tennis shoes until he could replace the work boots the next day and not aggravate his condition. Ironically, other Mexican employees consistently wore tennis shoes, but the manager never reprimanded them despite the prevailing company policy of wearing appropriate footwear at work.

Another example of unfair treatment happened a few days after the client-employee was reprimanded anew by one of his managers, this time for leaning on the “singulator” during the end of his shift. He found the reason for his reprimand incredulous, as he saw other workers doing the same thing all the time, yet he was the only one who was reprimanded and written up for it. Notably, because of his duties requiring him to stand seven to eight hours on an elevated steel platform that shakes due to the singulator machine, his back and feet would hurt necessitating the need to lean on the machine at times.

Finally, in October that same year, client-employee was reprimanded for parking in the employee lot. He was prohibited from doing so even though other employees were allowed to park their vehicles in the more secure employee parking lot due to increased incidents of vandalism and theft. Surprisingly, he was unjustifiably reprimanded again for insubordination and refusal to follow instructions, among others, in connection with the previous reprimand for parking in the employee lot. By the end of the month, and without the benefit of any investigation, he was not only reprimanded but eventually suspended from work.

By the start of November 2011, he called the company’s employee relations department to talk about his complaint against the warehouse manager, but no remedial action was taken against the erring manager. The next day, he went back to the workplace to ask for a copy of his “suspension” and inquire on his return date, but he was verbally terminated from the company without any justifiable reason. He went back again the next day to claim his termination letter and final paycheck, but he was provided with a debit card instead.

The client-employee was evidently a victim of racial and disability discrimination and harassment. As a result of his ordeal within the hostile, intimidating and offensive work environment, he clearly suffered intense stress and likewise lost considerable amount of earnings since his termination from the company.

In light of the aforementioned facts, the client-employee immediately sought the assistance of the top Los Angeles employment attorneys of the Mesriani Law Group, who quickly evaluated the case and took action on the matter.

Thanks to the effective representation of the Los Angeles employment law firm’s experienced lawyers, the client-employee was able to obtain $60,900.00 out of the successful settlement. Not only did the law firm’s adept and skilled legal professionals secure special, general, and punitive damages for the client-employee, they also guided him throughout his ordeal and provided him the justice he deserves.




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