KPMG Remote Manager in Georgia Can Sue Under New York Bias Laws

KPMG LLP must face a Black female manager’s discrimination claims under New York state and city laws because her firing while working remotely from Georgia had an impact in New York, a federal judge ruled.

The logic of a recent decision by New York’s top state court on when employees working out-of-state can sue under the New York State Human Rights Law and the New York City Human Rights law applies to Coretta Roddey’s case against KPMG, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Monday. The court cited the New York Court of Appeals’ opinion ...