Sunday, December 1, 2013

Raymond Kelly's ex-aide was forced out of job for defending African-American coworker: lawsuit

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Katherine Lemire claims Michael Stapleton Associates retaliated against her went to bat for Chanissa Green. MSA Vice President of Operations Joe Atherall allegedly warned the human resources assistant to not wear her hair in braids, telling her it looked ‘ghetto.’

A former federal prosecutor who served as Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's NYPD special counsel says she was forced out of her job by a leading security company because she stood up for an African-American colleague against racial discrimination.
Katherine Lemire clocked Michael Stapleton Associates with a lawsuit Tuesday, claiming company brass drove her to resign.

Lemire says MSA honchos, including company chairman George Harvey, "whitewashed" a discrimination probe and terminated another employee over his handling of the investigation.
"MSA categorically denies that Ms. Lemire was subjected to any retaliation," Harvey said in a statement Tuesday. "The complaint ... is full of inaccurate and baseless allegations ... The company intends to vigorously defend this case."

Lemire, who had joined MSA earlier this year, is seeking back pay, damages and corporate reforms.
"In response to Lemire's opposition to its unlawful conduct, MSA repeatedly undermined her authority within her department … and fraudulently allowed Lemire's division to operate without necessary licensing," the lawsuit states. "As a result of defendant's retaliatory conduct, Lemire was forced to resign from employment with the defendant."

Lemire previously worked as an assistant Manhattan district attorney, an assistant Manhattan U.S. attorney and special counsel to Kelly.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/raymond-kelly-ex-aide-forced-job-lawsuit-article-1.1530760#ixzz2mEmtwFoo



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