Proffered Reasons For Terminating Asian-American Employee Were Legitimate, Nondiscriminatory, And Nonopretextual
In this
case, the United States District Court granted summary judgment to the employer
on a terminated
Asian-American employee's claims of national origin discrimination, holding
that: (1) Although she provided scant evidence that her job performance was
adequate, the employee did (barely) establish a prima facie case. Her
self-assessment provided evidence that she did some work in the five months she
was employed; (2) The employer's proffered performance-based reasons for
terminating her were legitimate and nondiscriminatory, and the employee failed
to show they were pretextual; and (3) While her director's alleged statement to
her that "People don't like you here" or "People don't like you [sic] kind here"
could possibly be interpreted as discriminatory, it did not violate federal or
state law.
Shen v. Biogen Idec
Inc.