7th Circuit: Summary Judgment For Urban Outfitters Upheld In Manager’s Bias Case

Mealey's (February 8, 2023, 10:46 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — A trial court properly granted summary judgment to a retailer accused by a former manager of being assigned “security” duties due to his gender and retaliation after complaining about the assignments as the worker was unable to rebut the employer’s showing that the multiple warnings for poor performance he received before his firing were for anything other than poor performance, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled....