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April 09, 2021
Fired IBM Manager Advised Against Reporting Bias, Jury Told
An IBM sales manager allegedly fired for reporting discrimination against a subordinate admitted on the stand Friday that he discouraged the worker from going to HR at the time, saying he now regrets not making "a giant fuss."
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April 08, 2021
IBM Was Unfazed By Bias Complaint, Fired Manager Testifies
A former IBM sales manager suing the company over his firing testified on Thursday that he was deeply distressed when a Black subordinate saw a large commission slashed without explanation, and even more so as higher-ups didn't bat an eye when he labeled it racial discrimination.
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April 05, 2021
Ex-IBM Manager Tells Jury Racism Complaint Drew Firing
A former IBM sales manager told a jury Monday he was fired for calling out racial disparities in his subordinates' commissions, kicking off a Zoom trial in Washington federal court.
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March 02, 2021
Fired IBM Sales Manager's Race Bias Case Moves Ahead
A Washington federal judge upheld a former IBM manager's lawsuit saying he was fired for complaining that racism deprived a Black sales representative of a hefty commission check, the company's latest court loss in a series of lawsuits over the situation.
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April 13, 2020
IBM Can't Duck Sales Rep's $2.5M Race Bias Suit
IBM will have to face claims that it docked one of its salesmen nearly $2.5 million in commission because he was black, after a California federal judge ruled there was enough evidence for a jury to find the computing giant's rationalization "unworthy of credence."