In the case Saunders v. Greater Dayton Regional Transit Auth., 2021-Ohio-3052, the Second District Court of Appeals held that an employment discrimination claim was improperly dismissed.
Here, the employee argued she was disciplined more harshly than her male counterparts for the same violation, that she was discriminated against for having a disability, and that her termination was retaliatory.
The RTA argued that the discipline was proper, that the employee did not have a disability, and that the termination was valid. The Court of Appeals disagreed.
The Court reasoned that the employee demonstrated enough facts to support a discrimination claim and that it was up to the employer to demonstrate a non-discriminatory purpose for its course of action. As such, the Court ruled that the case may proceed.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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