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Discrimination law suit

The agency I work for created a new division and hired an outside person to coordinate the program about a year ago. I have a separate but related program that receives referrals from this division. I manage my program and coordinate with outside vendors and have for about 5 years, successfully. We share directors.

Where our company is located does not have a very diverse or progressive group workforce - but we do work with a large diverse population including the vendors I personally work with. The new manager, despite her education and supposed experience, is terrible. I can't describe it any other way. Every description I have ever read on this site about a toxic environment- she has orchestrated it. Aggressive emails containing personal attacks, lack of professionalism when handling conflicts, managing her work schedule, trying to create cliques, insubordination with our directors - it’s all there and she has even tried to overhaul my program.

There has been 3 months of HR investigations and it’s rightfully not looking good for her. She has attempted several workman comp filings but her latest, is a discrimination law suit. I do not believe it has any legitimacy and frankly she should have been fired for her lack of competence a while ago. At the insistence of HR, we all have to undergo training for various things she countered when the entire staff went to HR. I should mention she is foreign born and educated. Supposedly a doctor of some type but I have never seen a degree and was not a prerequisite for this position.

Has anyone been through something like this? How do you prepare and protect yourself from a discriminatory lawsuit?

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  1. Lisa McCartney

    Agreed, laws may change by state too, so what would work for mewouldnt for tou.

  2. Anonymous

    Best is to follow the path that your internal HR and legal department have set forth. Lay low with this woman and don't engage. As much as possible document to yourself and HR any conversations that you have had that are derogatory and/or forward emails that incite the behaviours that you mention here. Don't respond to anything negative. If anything is directed toward you specifically bring HR/legal into the conversation. The reason I mention legal is that if you bring them in early then you have some indemnification to the situation. Let them know you do not want any part of things and need their advice on how to remain neutral. Her being foreign born has nothing to do with this so not sure why you mention it. Let her lawsuit run its course on its own and I am sure the company will deal with this directly. Don't gossip, don't share with others in or out of the team about this. Best is to remain "Switzerland" about this.

  3. Anonymous

    Thank you. I only included the fact that she is foreign born for context since it is the basis of her claim.

  4. Anonymous

    To clarify, the lawsuit is not with me, but my directors. I am pretty certain I will have to give a statement or something equivalent but I hope to be spared.

  5. Anonymous

    You conduct yourself in a professional manner.

    You stop being obsessively focused on another person's behavior.

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