Last year in June of 2015, 51-year-old Tracy Quitasol filed a wrongful termination case against the online and news print mogul, The New York Times. Quitasol was terminated after complaining about the repeated sexist behavior of a male subordinate and also believes her dismissal was part of a larger purge by her boss. The lawsuit alleges that a top Times executive eliminated several dozen older workers of color and replaced them with mostly white employees under the age of 40.<\/p>\n
The lawsuit claims that the top executive in question made remarks to other managers such as, \u201cWe want [our] people to look like the people we are selling to.\u201d Initially, The Times vehemently denied all allegations and labeled them as \u201cmalicious\u201d and false, but a month after both parties had a mediation the case was resolved. Both sides agreed to have the lawsuit dismissed without prejudice, meaning the case could no longer be re-filed later on. The settlement was marked confidential however legal experts believe that a quick settlement like this one signals the company paying out big in order to make it go away.<\/p>\n
The New York Times is no stranger to lawsuits that set out to defend worker rights and it doesn\u2019t help its image that mere months after resolving Quitasol\u2019s matter another discrimination lawsuit has been brought by a former female executive. The plaintiff, Arielle Davies,\u00a0was terminated while on maternity leave, after her supervisors insisted she take less than the allotted four months. Her supervisors ultimately answered to the same top executive that was in the hot seat for Quitasol\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n