Voya Financial Ends Bias, Retaliation Suit From Black Workers

A racial discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from a group of Black Voya Financial Advisors Inc. workers was dismissed Thursday by a federal court.

The employees worked under O.V. Williams and Associates, owned by one of the plaintiffs. They alleged that the retirement and investment broker-dealer steered accounts away from them and towards White-owned agencies to give the appearance the Black-owned firm was unproductive, according to their complaint. The case was dismissed with prejudice by Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington, of the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, according to a docket entry. The parties had filed a ...