Firing for husband’s role on competitor’s board would be discrimination based on marital status
The Court of Appeals of Minnesota has reversed a summary judgment dismissing a claim by a woman who claimed that she was fired from her job as a mental health practitioner because her husband took a position on the board of a competitor. It said there were material questions of fact that precluded summary judgment. April Aase worked for Wapiti Meadows Community Technologies and Services (“CTS”), a nonprofit providing mental health and employment counseling services for low-income clients. Her husband Mark was a human-resources coordinator at Hormel Foods Corp. who was asked by his employer to represent the company on the board of Workforce Development, Inc., the only other organization...
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