Franchisee Pays ~$200,000 in Damages for Gender Bias

Taco Bell franchisee loses gender bias lawsuit

Katrina Hillis and Diana Pepper, who were store managers at Taco Bell restaurants in McMinnville and Sparta, were awarded $93,000 in damages
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The lawsuit claimed that a “glass ceiling” at Management Resources (franchisee) kept most women from rising above store manager into upper management. The suit said 60% of Management Resources store managers were women but only 15% of its higher-ranking executives were women.

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  1. Al says:

    women usually leave the workforce to raise children, so there is naturally going to be a gap in most companies with less women in higher-level positions. private businesses should not face financial penalty for this, that’s unfair and biases in itself.

  2. former employee of pepper says:

    Diana Peper was not worthy to be promoted. She could barely handle being a GM let alone a AD. Just ask her empoyees in Pinellas Park, Tyrone or Kenneth City FL

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