Former Designer Says General Motors Firing Was Retaliatory (1)

General Motors LLC is facing a new lawsuit in federal court from a former employee alleging gender discrimination and retaliation in violation of Title VII and Michigan law.

Judy Kim, a former designer at GM, alleges that after she complained about harassment from a coworker, she faced retaliation from coworkers who were friends with the harasser. Kim was excluded from meetings, given dirty looks, and was told there was a waiting list for a transfer—to a GM design studio in California—that she had been interested in pursuing, her complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of ...