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Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: California Hotel Employee Files “Racial Discrimination And Harassment” Lawsuit; Painter “Unjustly Fired”, Exposed To Unsafe Working Conditions

“…The suit claims (the plaintiff) was unjustly fired from his position after he was instructed to complete tasks typically subcontracted to outside vendors. The Hospitality Industry Discrimination Lawsuitscourt filing also claims two of the hotel’s buildings had serious water damage and mold issues, but management failed to properly train employees or equip them with the right safety equipment, exposing Tobin to unsafe working conditions…”

Ronald Tobin, a former employee at Fess Parker DoubleTree Hilton, is suing the joint resort company and three of its supervisors for alleged discrimination and unfair business practices while he worked there as a painter for nearly three years.

Tobin, who’s African-American, claims he was subjected to discrimination and harassment at the DoubleTree because of his race, and that the human resources department neglected to investigate or address his complaints. During an event at the hotel, the lawsuit reads, one of Tobin’s supervisors talked about the chicken and watermelon being served, and used the phrases “you people” and “your food.” “[The supervisor] continued to state that he does not know why African-Americans refer to themselves that way when white people do not say ‘Caucasian-Americans,’” the filing reads. The lawsuit also states another employee regularly used the “n-word” without being reprimanded.

For more:  http://independent.com/news/2013/nov/21/discrimination-doubletree/

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Hospitality Industry Legal Risks: Florida Restaurant Faces Federal “Sexual Harassment Lawsuit”; Manager Created “Hostile Work Environment”, Retaliated Against Two Female Workers

“…(one plaintiff) worked at the restaurant from 1999 to February of 2012 and she complained to the restaurant’s owner about the manager’s Hospitality Industry Sexual Harassment Lawsuitsuse of “racial slurs in the workplace”…The manager also directed racist “pet names” of his own creation toward her…The lawsuit charges the manager used derogatory terms and slurs as part of a “vicious regime of racial and sexual harassment” at the restaurant on Canal Street, and it says “no effective action was taken to stop it.”

Two former employees of a McDonald’s restaurant in Mulberry have filed a federal lawsuit, accusing a manager of creating a hostile work environment. The women allege they were retaliated against after making complaints known to the restaurant’s owner. Cowles’ hours were drastically reduced, and she was left with “no choice” but to quit her job when the manager’s behavior continued, the lawsuit states.

Potts went on maternity leave, and when she attempted to return to work, she was informed “there was no job for her, despite the nearly perpetual turnover of employees at the restaurant,” according to the lawsuit.

For more: http://www.theledger.com/article/20131116/NEWS/131119396/1374?Title=Ex-McDonald-s-Employees-File-Lawsuit

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Hospitality Industry Employee Risks: New York Hotel Sued By Black Employee For Discrimination After "Racist Stunt"

“…A black midtown hotel cook says two co-workers inside of a year have dressed like the Ku Klux Klan and harassed him…(serving) the hotel and three employees with a $35 million discrimination lawsuit over an alleged racist stunt on Oct. 28, 2010…”

In an amended complaint, Jones says painter Ramon Pagan confronted him in the hotel basement wearing a “pure white cone-shaped article on his head.” Pagan said, “Hey, look at me. I am the Ku Klux Klan,” while a hotel manager witnessed the bizarre exchange, according to court papers filed in Manhattan Federal Court.

“[Pagan] laughed in my face and enjoyed what he was doing. And there was a manager right there looking at him and didn’t say a word.” “It was not a painter’s mask he was wearing, it was perfectly shaped like a cone,” he added.

Jones immediately reported what happened to hotel brass who reviewed a surveillance video which captured the scene. Phoebe Knowles, a vice president for the Roger Smith Hotel, said Friday that management acted decisively and canned Pagan. “The employee no longer works here,” Knowles said.

“We have a strict policy against any type of harassing actions, and we respond expeditiously when it comes to our attention.”

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/black-midtown-hotel-cook-co-workers-dressed-ku-klux-klans-harassed-article-1.976420#ixzz1dXRLEHn1

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Hospitality Industry Employee Risks: Nevada Hotel Sued By Federal Government For "Racial Harassment"

“…Federal officials say hotel managers were first told in 2006 that several Hispanic room attendants had been subject to the comments referencing their ethnicity and skin color. The comments came from coworkers and supervisors. Some of the comments were profane…and derogatory names such as “taco bell” and “bean burrito.”

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Friday that it had filed a lawsuit against the Pioneer Hotel in Laughlin, Nev. for ignoring the alleged harassment.

The hotel allegedly didn’t take action to prevent or correct the harassment in violation of the federal Civil Rights Act. Federal officials say some Nevada casinos seem to be retaliating against employees who complain about hostile work environment.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/feds-sue-nevada-hotel-for-not-protecting-hispanic-employees-from-harassment/2011/09/30/gIQA5ZYABL_story.html

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