08-13-2013, 07:59 AM
After all the public fall-out for Paula Deen...
The judge presiding over the workplace discrimination case against Paula Deen and Bubba Hiers dismissed the charges of race-based discrimination yesterday.
The judge added that to allow Ms. Jackson to seek legal recourse for discrimination directed toward other workers “would serve to conscript federal courts as human resource departments that are responsible for imposing and monitoring a federally created standard for harmony in the workplace.”
Jackson is white; her racial discrimination claim was based on alleged racial jokes and separate entrances for black restaurant employees of Deen and Hiers. Jackson contended that she was offended on behalf of the black employees.
The sexual harassment charges still stand; the judge will rule on those at a later date.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013...z2bqiULMB1
The judge presiding over the workplace discrimination case against Paula Deen and Bubba Hiers dismissed the charges of race-based discrimination yesterday.
The judge added that to allow Ms. Jackson to seek legal recourse for discrimination directed toward other workers “would serve to conscript federal courts as human resource departments that are responsible for imposing and monitoring a federally created standard for harmony in the workplace.”
Jackson is white; her racial discrimination claim was based on alleged racial jokes and separate entrances for black restaurant employees of Deen and Hiers. Jackson contended that she was offended on behalf of the black employees.
The sexual harassment charges still stand; the judge will rule on those at a later date.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013...z2bqiULMB1