The case Robertson verses Hunter Panels LLC and Carlisle Construction Materials Inc., was a civil rights – Title VII Employment – Retaliation, workplace Harassment, Gender Discrimination suit. Sandra Robertson had worked for Hunter Panels LLC since 2006. Robertson filed a lawsuit against Hunter Panels LLC and Carlisle Construction Materials Inc. in April 2013, for harassment on the job, and gender discrimination. Mrs. Robertson was fired in 2012, after telling a human resource employee that gender discrimination was a on going problem at Hunter Panels LLC (Packel, 2016). Mrs. Robertson a twenty-year veteran of the Untied States Air Force, the discrimination started after she was hired at Hunter Panels LLC. Robertson was openly embarrassed
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The jurors stated, Robertson had emotional pain, metal anguish, suffering and other non-pecuniary loss, all form how she was treated by Hunter and Carlisle The jurors determined that Robertson would received $12.5million, in punitive damages, her federal and state protected rights were violated, Hunter and Carlisle acted with malice and/or indifferences (Verdict Search, …show more content…
Discriminating against a female employee that does the same job as a male employee where pay rate is concern is not a good idea. Female and male employee can be equal when it comes to wages. Terminating an employee for unlawful reasons is one thing, but termination an employee for doing their job is another. In the case of Sandra Robertson, she did her job and did it well. The other male employee thought she did not deserve the position she had so they harassed her because she was female and didn’t think they had to follow orders from a female supervisor. Management took the side of the male employee and not the side of their female supervisor. In the end Hunter and Carlisle paid a high cost for discriminating against Robertson because of her
The jurors stated, Robertson had emotional pain, metal anguish, suffering and other non-pecuniary loss, all form how she was treated by Hunter and Carlisle The jurors determined that Robertson would received $12.5million, in punitive damages, her federal and state protected rights were violated, Hunter and Carlisle acted with malice and/or indifferences (Verdict Search, …show more content…
Discriminating against a female employee that does the same job as a male employee where pay rate is concern is not a good idea. Female and male employee can be equal when it comes to wages. Terminating an employee for unlawful reasons is one thing, but termination an employee for doing their job is another. In the case of Sandra Robertson, she did her job and did it well. The other male employee thought she did not deserve the position she had so they harassed her because she was female and didn’t think they had to follow orders from a female supervisor. Management took the side of the male employee and not the side of their female supervisor. In the end Hunter and Carlisle paid a high cost for discriminating against Robertson because of her