Opinion ID: 496702
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Discrimination in Pay Raises

Text: 36 The district court found that Anheuser-Busch had discriminated against Rowlett on the basis of race in the pay raises he received. He established a prima facie case by showing that he received smaller raises than the white foremen received. Anhesuer-Busch explained this disparate treatment as resulting from Rowlett's evaluations. The district court found this reason to be pretextual, however, because it was so intricately related to the denial of training. Rowlett had been criticized for his lack of skills, for his lack of initiative, and for his absenteeism. Yet the court found that the lack of skills were directly related to the discriminatorily denied training, that the lack of initiative could well have resulted from not knowing what to do, and that the absenteeism was due in part to job-related stress resulting from not being trained. We find this reasoning persuasive. See also Washington v. Kroger, 506 F.Supp. 1158, 1169-70 (W.D.Mo.1981), vacated on other grounds, 671 F.2d 1072, 1076 (8th Cir.1982) (agreeing with district court that absenteeism and tardiness were related to a lack of training). There was sufficient evidence to support a finding of intentional discrimination on the basis of race in the pay raises given to Rowlett.