A man employed by the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association for over a decade filed a lawsuit against the organization claiming it discriminated against him. The organization denies the allegations.
SALT LAKE CITY — A man who was employed by the Salt Lake Legal Defender Association for over a decade has filed a lawsuit against the organization claiming it discriminated against him as a Pacific Islander.
Tausinga said after he brought forward discrimination complaints, the employees he brought them to questioned his performance, accused him of discriminating based on gender and threatened him. After this, he said he experienced anxiety and panic attacks. The lawsuit said his doctor advised him to take medical leave, and later said returning may be harmful to his physical and mental health, so Tausinga resigned in 2021.The Salt Lake Legal Defender Association said in a statement to KSL.
Tausinga also said he was excluded from a performance evaluation meeting for one of his employees, when other division leads were not, and he did not have access to monitoring software.
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