Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firing

Comment #7

johnph77 — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 17:24:29 GMT

Quote: she was not told why she was fired, the lawsuit says.

One of the problems she will encounter in her lawsuit is that the Texas Lottery Commission may be a quasi-government organization - the employees don't work for the state (the commission would not be bound by state personnel regulations), they work for the Commission, and the Commission is regarded as a separate corporation. If this is not true, then state regulations govern the firing and Ms. Suarez should have been given written... [ More ]

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mylollipop — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 14:08:37 GMT

There are a lot of Judases some where. I have learned to choose the battles I fight. The way to win the Texas corruption war is to make 'em go BROKE! Keep on suing, despite the fact there is a gag order. The more suits, the less they have to work with. The dollar drives.

Comment #5

richwood — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:13:25 GMT

Cynthia Suarez is but one of many in Texas who worked at the Texas lottery and have been fired. A lot of corruption at theTexas lottery operation and when Mr. Litwin years ago was named director of the lottery he was fired 3 months into his investagtion to clean up this Agency. I live in Texas and can tell you that this lottery is full of corruption. What I think keeps the corruption going is when litigation is persued and the plantiff agrees to settlement with the written promise not to reveal

Comment #4

Drivedabizness — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:14:10 GMT

oh yeah - poor Mr. Litwin was a real altruist who got in the way of all that corruption...

Litwin was a long time employee of GTECH's then competitor who had the (at the very least) incredibly poor judgement to direct his security people to start investigating members of the Legislature. He had absolutely no authority to do that. If he had real reason to believe there was funny business going on, he should have shared that info with the local District Attorney, the TX AG or even the FBI.... [ More ]

Comment #3

richwood — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:10:45 GMT

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Chewie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:35:03 GMT

Cynthia Suarez has obviously over looked the fact that this is America! Who does she think she is? Begone heathen, begone! Where are the stone throwers when we need them? The freedom to speak her mind is not guaranteed any where in any official document! Maybe now she will learn to be politically correct and hide her true feelings

Comment #1

mylollipop — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:38:03 GMT

At will employment is a tricky phrase. Companies like to throw that term at you, but when you leave, they say you need to give them notice so they can employ someone to replace you. At will is prevalent in a lot of companies. Sounds to me like you are better off, NOT going back to that company. There is ALWAYS something better. Look at it as the kick out needed to get kicked into something better.

Ex-lottery employee claims bias complaint led to firing

Lottery Post — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:15:01 GMT

A former Texas Lottery employee who was fired in June shortly after receiving an excellent performance evaluation has sued the $3.5 billion agency, claiming she was fired because she complained about national origin discrimination.

Former administrative assistant Cynthia Suarez, who is Hispanic, claimed in the lawsuit filed Thursday that the lottery's human resources director often criticized, belittled and yelled at her in a hostile and belligerent manner. She also claimed she was deni... [ More ]