Miami hotel loses USD 2.5 mn discrimination lawsuit

<p>Washington, DC [United States], August 05 (ANI): A Miami based SLS South Beach hotel lost USD 2.5 million discrimination suit lawsuit, filed by seventeen Haitian people, who worked as dishwashers there.</p><p>The lawsuit was filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of the seventeen former employees of the hotel, reported the Fox News.</p><p>The suit was filed in April 2017; however, the incident was of April 2014.</p><p>As per a report, the dishwashers, who worked in the kitchens of a restaurant located inside the hotel, were barred from speaking Creole by the supervising chefs.</p><p>However, the Hispanic employees were allowed to speak Spanish.</p><p>The Haitian workers also claimed they were asked to carry heavy items up 13 flights of stairs, while no other employee was asked to do the same.</p><p>Following the incident, when the dishwashers requested the hotel managers to fix the elevator, one supervisor stated that "Let those slaves do the work", as per the report.</p><p>Later, on approaching the human resource department, the dishwashers were fired and immediately replaced with a new staff.</p><p>The Hotel, however, denied the allegations and chose to settle.</p><p>"We felt if we could resolve this amicably and help take care of these former employees, that was the right thing to do," said a legal representative of the hotel. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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