{"id":1941645,"date":"2023-06-01T04:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-fired-after-showing-up-late-to-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-in-racism-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-06-01T04:27:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T08:27:53","slug":"woman-fired-after-showing-up-late-to-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-in-racism-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-fired-after-showing-up-late-to-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-in-racism-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Late employee wins $11.25M in racism lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-fired-after-showing-up-late-to-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-in-racism-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1941645&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Woman Awarded $11.25 Million in Racism Lawsuit Against Equinox<\/h2>\n<p>A New York City woman, R\u00f6bynn Europe, has been awarded $11.25 million by a jury after successfully arguing in court that she was terminated from her job at Equinox, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-fired-after-showing-up-late-to-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-in-racism-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Late employee wins .25M in racism lawsuit.\">high-end fitness brand<\/a> and gym, because she is black. Despite being late to work dozens of times in less than a year, jurors did not view this as a reason for separation from the company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Equinox has been ordered to pay up after losing a race and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-mocks-bezos-owned-wapo-op-ed-calling-for-rich-people-to-be-prevented-from-controlling-media-platforms\/\" title=\"Elon Musk Mocks Bezos-Owned WaPo Op-Ed Calling for Rich People to Be Prevented From Controlling Media Platforms\">gender discrimination lawsuit<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uACdb20Xkp\">https:\/\/t.co\/uACdb20Xkp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Black Enterprise (@blackenterprise) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackenterprise\/status\/1662510404201742336?\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Allegations of Racism and Sexism in the Fitness Industry<\/h3>\n<p>Europe alleged that her 10 months with the company left her feeling targeted over her skin color and that she had been subjected to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/probe-finds-ore-state-dem-created-hostile-work-environment\/\" title=\"Probe finds Ore. state Dem created hostile work environment\">hostile work environment<\/a>. She also claimed that racism and sexism are pervasive in the fitness industry. During the civil trial, she lodged a series of complaints about one of her white subordinates, who was reported to be a man in his forties. Europ claimed the man used the word \u201clazy\u201d to describe people he did not view as hard workers and once allegedly questioned if a black colleague might be \u201cautistic.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Jury Awards $11.25 Million<\/h3>\n<p>Equinox defended itself from accusations of racism during the trial and said Europe was simply let go for being late 47 times. The plaintiff did not dispute her attendance record at work but argued the company ultimately sacked her over her skin color. A New York jury of five women and three men, most of whom were white, agreed with her and ordered her former employer to pay her more than $11 million \u2014 $10 million in punitive damages and an additional $1.25 million to compensate her for her distress. Europe also said being fired contributed to the worsening of an eating disorder she had already been struggling with.<\/p>\n<h3>Equinox Responds<\/h3>\n<p>Equinox said it does not tolerate discrimination in any form and said jurors bought into the \u201csympathy and emotion\u201d Europe brought to the trial. Attorneys intend to challenge the damages assessed. The company also called the ruling \u201cextreme\u201d and \u201cunconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woman-fired-showing-late-work-47-times-awarded-11-25-million-racism-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York woman was awarded millions by a jury after successfully arguing she was fired for being black. 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