Opinion ID: 779467
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Discriminatory Treatment of Employees

Text: 7 In addition to discriminatory treatment of guests, Mr. Peters maintains that Renaissance engaged in discriminatory treatment of its employees. Mr. Peters recalls an incident in which he overheard a Caucasian LPO use the word nigger. 2 Mr. Peters claims that he complained about this incident up the chain of command and, at least initially, was told to mind his own business, R.77, ¶ 134; however, Mr. Peters also admits that the offending LPO was required to apologize to Mr. Peters and was suspended for the use of the term. The incident also prompted management to hold diversity training classes for the Loss Prevention department. See R.69, ¶¶ 136 and 144; R.77, ¶¶ 136 and 144. 8 Mr. Peters also points to other ways that African-American employees at Renaissance were subjected to different treatment. Mr. Peters states that Steve Keith, Renaissance's director of human resources, would greet Caucasian employees, but did not greet Mr. Peters or another African-American LPO, Tyrone Kuehnel, in the same manner. As well, on one occasion, Simons, a supervisor, asked Milt Stroner, a Caucasian LPO, to retrieve coins from the fountain, but Mr. Peters and Kuehnel were not asked to perform this duty. 9