This post was originally published on this site
&n
b
s
p; You’ve trained your managers to avoid bias. But what happens when an employee tries to win a lawsuit by flipping that logic—stereotyping the employer instead? One California court just had a firm an
sw
er: Nope. TL;DR: A university employee sued for discrimination after not receiving a permanent promotion. The court rejected his claim, finding no evidence of discriminatory intent. His argument — that decisionmakers must have known he was Persian and Muslim based on his name, appearance, and accent — was labeled “reasoning by stereotype,” which the court called &ldqu
o
;anathema in our court
s.” 📄Read the decision. ð&#
159;“Œ The Facts: Interim