Case: Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (W.D.N.Y.)

A federal district court in New York granted summary judgment in favor of Aramark Services Inc. on a female general manager’s claims of gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, alleging she received three written warnings and a performance improvement plan and was later terminated for complaining that her supervisor harassed her and made discriminatory comments. Her supervisor’s comments regarding her weight weren’t overtly gender-based and didn’t show an inference of discrimination, the court said. The court also determined that she failed to provide any similarly situated male employees who were treated more ...