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to be at work. At the time Mr. Ford was on intermittent “FMLA” a meeting was held to with a Hispanic HR representative, Alix Alvarado. In that meeting, one of Mr. Ford’s coworkers (Osvaldo Waldo) disclosed that Saul had discussed private details of Mr. Ford’s FMLA with him and had blamed Mr. Ford being out for the technical problems at a different campus. Mr. Ford stated that was illegal and Ms. Alvarado replied stating that “but, you would have to prove it”. Following that incident, there was another in which the Lead Tech position held by Mr. Quintero was required to have or obtain and A+ certification within one year of gaining the position which he never did. Mr. Ford already has an A+ cert and the qualifications for the job. When Mr. Ford made compliant to his Mr. Marroquin that Mr. Quintero had not met the qualifications required for the Lead Tech position, Saul ignored the compliant. In a department meeting in (late 2018) at the “Southeast Campus” Mr. Quintero (the assistant manager) became combative and berated Mr. Ford by yelling that he was “lazy” (a common black stereo type) and he didn’t do anything. This was false, and Mr. Ford’s coworkers defended him. Saul was also present for that meeting. In another meeting shortly after that in (early 2019) also at the “Southeast Campus” Mr. Quintero stated that the older black employees needed to be moved because they were too old to do their jobs. The manager Saul Marroquin was standing right there at the time and didn’t object to anything he said. 92.
Rosalyn Francis - Race discrimination: Denied FMLA and Disability/Forced
resignation/Impartial application of HCC policy - Ms. Rosalyn Francis worked in a teaching position at HCC for 15 years. Ms. Francis noticed that her Hispanic supervisor Kathleen Anzivino, seemed to treat herself and other Black employees differently than how she treated other white and Hispanic employees. Specifically, she would send confrontational emails specifically to Black individuals and would also constantly check on Ms. Francis and the other black individuals to
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