February 22, 2017
A former Verizon Communications Inc. customer service representative alleging she was fired over her Ukrainian accent can't sustain her bias suit because she neither exhausted her remedies with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission nor alleged any race discrimination, Verizon told a Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday.
December 20, 2016
Verizon Communications Inc. was hit Monday with an employee discrimination suit in Pennsylvania federal court by a former customer service representative, claiming she was fired from her job earlier this year because of her Ukrainian national origin and inability to shed her accent.