US IT Worker Files Hiring Lawsuit Against Infosys, Class Action Proposed

itwbennett writes "Brenda Koehler is a VMware-certified professional network engineer with a master's degree in information systems and 17 years of experience. You might think that would qualify her for a lead VMware/Windows administrator, but Indian outsourcing firm Infosys apparently didn't. And Koehler has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging that Infosys ignored her qualifications and eventually hired a Bangladeshi worker to staff a position she was qualified for. Koehler and her lawyers are asking the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin to allow a class-action lawsuit against Infosys, with 'thousands' of potential plaintiffs in the case, according to the lawsuit, filed Thursday."

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Re:Basis for discrimination

[Taco Cowboy]

National Origin is the claim. And yes, discrimination must be proved

In the United States of Politically Correct America, it is very hard to prove reverse discrimination - it is always the Whites discriminating against the non-White, and judges and juries will always side with the non-White in discriminatory lawsuits

What makes this case a little bit more interesting is that the plaintiff is a female - and if that Bangladeshi worker happens to be a male, then that's a plus for the plaintiff