Omni Hotels and owner TRT Holdings won a bid to dismiss a human resources analyst’s claim that he was fired for uncovering and complaining about systemic gender and race bias in the hotelier’s hiring, pay, and promotion practices.
A federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Jan. 15 that the plaintiff hadn’t sufficiently alleged he engaged in a protected activity.
Marquis Hawkins noticed that a majority of Omni managers were White males during a review of Omni’s employment and pay data, and he reported this “observation” to his supervisor.
Hawkins’ claims that he...