本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛Sept. 18 (Bloomberg) -- RBC Capital Markets Corp. was sued for gender bias by a former employee who said she was fired for dating Westgate Capital Management LLC founder James Nicholson, who is under indictment for a $150 million fraud.
Lindy Boville filed her lawsuit today in Manhattan federal court. She also alleged that she was subject to sexually discriminatory comments from her boss and co-workers. The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Nicholson was arrested Feb. 25 and accused of duping investors through a $150 million scheme dating to 2004. Prosecutors said at the time that they couldn’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars.
“RBC does not terminate men who display bad judgment in their personal lives, even in extreme circumstances,” according to the complaint. “RBC did not take any adverse action against its male employees who actually did business with, and were trying to do more business with, Westgate and Mr. Nicholson.”
Boville, a Canadian resident who worked in RBC’s New York office as a trader until she was fired in February, said in her complaint that she was introduced to Nicholson by a co-worker and began dating him last year. According to Boville, the co- worker introduced her to Nicholson as a way to generate business from Westgate and falsely claimed he was single.
‘Lost Confidence’
The day Nicholson was arrested in February, Boville says she was fired for dating him. A subsequent letter sent to her by the firm says she was fired because management had “lost confidence” in her “as a result of the judgment” she displayed.
“Ms. Boville showed poor judgment in helping Jim Nicholson raise money for his hedge fund and failing to disclose her activities to her superiors,” Kevin Foster, a spokesman for RBC, said today in an e-mail. “It is irrelevant that she had a personal relationship with Nicholson, and she should have told RBC what she was doing.”
Also in her complaint, Boville says she was the frequent recipient of sexist comments by colleagues and supervisors. She said a co-worker cited her “nice wheels,” in reference to her legs, and asked her, “Did that dress shrink at the dry cleaners?”
Boville says that after she was fired and complained that she’d been harassed, the firm retaliated by filing an untruthful U-5 form disparaging her for showing poor judgment. A U-5 form is submitted to the National Association of Securities Dealers, parent of the regulatory operation, after an employee leaves and is made available to prospective employers.
The case is Bonville v. RBC, 09-cv-8016, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Lindy Boville filed her lawsuit today in Manhattan federal court. She also alleged that she was subject to sexually discriminatory comments from her boss and co-workers. The suit seeks unspecified damages.
Nicholson was arrested Feb. 25 and accused of duping investors through a $150 million scheme dating to 2004. Prosecutors said at the time that they couldn’t account for hundreds of millions of dollars.
“RBC does not terminate men who display bad judgment in their personal lives, even in extreme circumstances,” according to the complaint. “RBC did not take any adverse action against its male employees who actually did business with, and were trying to do more business with, Westgate and Mr. Nicholson.”
Boville, a Canadian resident who worked in RBC’s New York office as a trader until she was fired in February, said in her complaint that she was introduced to Nicholson by a co-worker and began dating him last year. According to Boville, the co- worker introduced her to Nicholson as a way to generate business from Westgate and falsely claimed he was single.
‘Lost Confidence’
The day Nicholson was arrested in February, Boville says she was fired for dating him. A subsequent letter sent to her by the firm says she was fired because management had “lost confidence” in her “as a result of the judgment” she displayed.
“Ms. Boville showed poor judgment in helping Jim Nicholson raise money for his hedge fund and failing to disclose her activities to her superiors,” Kevin Foster, a spokesman for RBC, said today in an e-mail. “It is irrelevant that she had a personal relationship with Nicholson, and she should have told RBC what she was doing.”
Also in her complaint, Boville says she was the frequent recipient of sexist comments by colleagues and supervisors. She said a co-worker cited her “nice wheels,” in reference to her legs, and asked her, “Did that dress shrink at the dry cleaners?”
Boville says that after she was fired and complained that she’d been harassed, the firm retaliated by filing an untruthful U-5 form disparaging her for showing poor judgment. A U-5 form is submitted to the National Association of Securities Dealers, parent of the regulatory operation, after an employee leaves and is made available to prospective employers.
The case is Bonville v. RBC, 09-cv-8016, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net