L-3 HR Director’s Sex-Based Retaliation Suit Revived by 6th Cir.

L-3 Communications Corp. may have fired a senior human resources director in Cincinnati because she complained about sex bias, the Sixth Circuit ruled, finding sufficient support for a trial.

Alison McKinnon’s evidence could support findings that her complaints caused her discharge and refute the company’s explanation that she was fired for poor communications skills, the court said in an unpublished ruling Thursday.

McKinnon also alleged her termination was spurred by her repeated push for L-3’s Cincinnati electronics division to fix its problem of not paying overtime to certain employees who were misclassified as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards ...