THOUGHT BLACK EMPLOYEE WAS “LAZY” AND DIDN’T FIT IN
An Atlanta-based real-estate operating company and asset management firm, known as Sureste Property Group, is said to have violated federal law when it fired a Black employee for being “lazy” and for not fitting into the company’s “culture.” And although they claimed his slot was being eliminated, a “significantly less-qualified white employee” was given the position about a month later.
Believing that such conduct violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, on April 24, 2024, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit (1:24- CV-1769 LMM WEJ) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In a written statement, Marcus G. Keegan, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Atlanta District Office, noted that “Federal law prohibits employers from making employment decisions based on race …. While the aggrieved employee in this case entered into a mandatory arbitration agreement as a condition of his employment, the EEOC continues to be available to him as a vehicle for asserting his civil rights.”
Looks like Sureste sure is in trouble ….
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