Retail technology and media company Swiftly Systems Inc. is facing a federal lawsuit accusing it of discrimination and taking retaliatory action instigated by its law firm, Littler Mendelson P.C.
Swiftly CEO Henry Kim “held deeply bigoted views about women, Koreans, and parents and caregivers,” says the lawsuit filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Jiin Ko, the company’s chief people officer, was allegedly notified this past weekend that she would be terminated effective March 7, just one week after she filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Ko has been ...
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