Case: Discrimination/Retaliation (S.D. Fla.)

A federal district court granted in part and denied in part a former company driver of Black and Cuban descent’s claims of national origin discrimination and retaliation under the Florida Civil Rights Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act against ABC Professional Tree Services Inc. The driver, who complained to his supervisor that the company failed to pay him in a timely manner and alleged that one of the company’s agents referred to him as a “dirty Cuban” and other racial epithets, failed to show that he was treated less favorably than non-protected employees or that he was replaced by ...