Allegion Executive Gets Sex Bias, Harassment, Retaliation Trial

Allegion plc and four subsidiaries must face trial on a female executive’s claims that she was harassed and fired because of her sex and for complaining about it, a Kansas federal judge ruled.

The evidence of the former channel marketing and analysis director includes that her male boss was treated more favorably under similar circumstances, the US District Court for the District of Kansas said. She says she raised the prospect of resigning and that sex discrimination caused the companies to offer her a nonnegotiable severance package and immediately terminate her when she refused it, the court said.

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