{"title":"Did court dismiss employee's Title VII claim?","authors":"Eric Lyerly Esq.","doi":"10.1002/cala.41449","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>A Black woman served as the executive director of a childcare program at Auburn University, which was funded by two state grants. About a year into her role, her supervisor advised her to soften her “brusque and blunt” communication style. FCCP employees complained that the director repeatedly failed to respond to emails and work-related communications. The employees also claimed she made “rude and abrupt comments, [spoke] over people, and [prevented] FCCP staff from saying what they needed to say.” Shortly thereafter, officials from the grant funding agency met with the director and her supervisor to express concerns about the tone of her communications. The officials warned her that if significant improvements weren’t made within 30 days, the grants could be revoked.</p>","PeriodicalId":100209,"journal":{"name":"Campus Legal Advisor","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Campus Legal Advisor","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cala.41449","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A Black woman served as the executive director of a childcare program at Auburn University, which was funded by two state grants. About a year into her role, her supervisor advised her to soften her “brusque and blunt” communication style. FCCP employees complained that the director repeatedly failed to respond to emails and work-related communications. The employees also claimed she made “rude and abrupt comments, [spoke] over people, and [prevented] FCCP staff from saying what they needed to say.” Shortly thereafter, officials from the grant funding agency met with the director and her supervisor to express concerns about the tone of her communications. The officials warned her that if significant improvements weren’t made within 30 days, the grants could be revoked.