New York EEOC Grants Race Discrimination Lawsuit By Former Sony BMG Employee
The New York office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") has granted former Sony BMG employee Tamieka Blair, the right to sue, after ruling that Sony “overwhelmingly” targeted black employees after a merger and restructuring in 2004.
In its ruling, the EEOC found that Sony BMG intentionally laid off its black employees from a Manhattan sales office while keeping its white employees.
Specifically, the EEOC found that six black employees of the Manhattan office were terminated, including three who accepted a severance package and three who were terminated "involuntarily." The only black worker who was not terminated was a mail clerk. None of the company's eight white employees were released.
Sony BMG insists it based its layoff decisions on job performance but the EEOC claims the company had "no documented procedure for determining who the best players were," and "lacked performance standards.".
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