MGM Grand Plumber Fails to Show Men Got Open Jobs Due to Bias

An MGM Grand Detroit LLC plumber was properly denied a trial on claims she wasn’t picked for three other jobs based on sex, because the company showed that other candidates were more qualified and she lacked evidence that the explanation was just a cover for bias, the Sixth Circuit ruled.

Teresa Gibson was hired as a maintenance trainee at MGM Detroit’s casino in 1999. Two of the three jobs she later sought starting in 2015 went to Marcus Weldon. She had 16 or more years of experience while he only had six months on the job as a maintenance trainee ...