Goldman Slapped With Discrimination Suit By Gay Former Vice President

高盛的前副总统已经向诉讼指控诉讼，他在抱怨高盛的员工关系团队后，他被解雇了他被歧视，因为他正在歧视公开同性恋。

William Jarrad Littleton，曾在高盛八年工作，最近作为该公司专业解决方案团队的副总裁，在纽约州最高法院周三提出了诉讼。

Littleton is seeking a judgment that Goldman Sachs violated纽约州人权法和类似的纽约市法，他还在寻求对公司和两个前主管的货币损害。前监事 - 瑞秋·施尔斯（Rachel Schnoll）是该公司的美国产品战略集团的负责人和Sirion Skulpone，他是专业解决方案团队的负责人 - 也被评为投诉中的被告。

“We’re trying to hold Goldman accountable,” said Littleton’s attorney, David Gottlieb, a partner at Wigdor LLP, by phone on Wednesday. “What that means is doing what we need to do to make sure that no one else has to go through what Mr. Littleton had to go through.”

Littleton还据称，高盛“试图为公共关系举办辩护”，因为为员工创造了LGBTQ友好的环境，但“现实是银行对LGBTQ多样性提供唇部服务”，因此投诉。

“Goldman Sachs has a sustained and proven commitment to diversity, and we are proud of the vibrant and diverse LGBTQ community at the firm," Patrick Scanlan, a spokesperson for Goldman, said via email Wednesday. “We strongly encourage all of our employees to bring their authentic selves to work, because it makes us a better firm. This suit is without merit and we plan to defend ourselves against these baseless claims.”

根据投诉，Littleton据称，员工近年来近年来歧视他几次。

例如，据称他于2014年从客户致电之外被排除在外，因为他“太同性恋”。在Littleton了解到这一点之后，他联系了他在孕产假的Skulpone的主管，他被指控在投诉中。斯皮尔佩恩所谓的反应只是“那很糟糕，”西装说。

从产假休假后，斯皮尔佩恩告诉利特尔顿，她会提醒高盛的员工关系团队发出问题，因为如果她没有做某事，那么“看起来很糟糕”，而不是出于任何道德义务，所谓的投诉。投诉说，团队如果他想采取行动，他会担心报复，队要求利特尔顿。

此外，在2015年6月纽约市的LGBT骄傲游行之后，套装说，利特尔顿将周一从工作中汲取工作日。在那天的会议上，据称Schnoll据称说：“哦，将不在？他必须从骄傲的庆祝活动中挂起，“根据投诉。当利特尔顿听到这条评论时，他根据投诉“被羞辱”。

西装说，于2016年5月，普罗普纳据称分享数据和数字尚未最终确定伴侣留下深刻印象。套装说，利特尔顿对普罗氏分享数据的担忧表示，他的担忧是关于过早分享的数据，这可能是不准确的。根据西装的说法，在两者之间出现紧张局势，并在洛提顿试图通过说他不试图给她一个艰难的时间来清除空气的会议，她据称回应：“你有什么问题？你是这样的，因为你是同性恋吗？“

Finally, in May 2018, the suit alleges that Schnoll looked at the way Littleton was dressed and said: “You look so Miami today.” The complaint called this “a thinly veiled alternative to simply telling Mr. Littleton that he ‘looked like a gay Latino.’”

Following that comment, Littleton went to employee relations and told the team there that “he felt discriminated against on the basis of his sexual orientation, was subject to a hostile work environment and was marginalized by the leadership on his team,” the suit said. He told employee relations that during this time, his compensation, which was overseen in large part by Skulpone and Schnoll, had decreased despite his promotions, the complaint alleged.

员工关系代表legedly talked to both Skulpone and Schnoll about these concerns, but they denied making comments about his orientation, the suit said. Employee relations then allegedly closed the complaint, calling it “resolved.”

几个月后，2018年11月，利特尔顿的年度评估。据称，他从不是他的直接主管的反馈提供者获得“出色”分数。投诉说，昆库普尼和施尔斯·据称据称他的表现“不一致，”，尽管这两者以前的绩效审查了。据称，他们据称，“判断和沟通也导致了频率发生的个性冲突，”根据投诉。

套装所说，在审查之后，据称被告知他被摧毁了，他被解雇了。

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Following his termination, Littleton allegedly met with Martin Chavez, the firm’s former chief financial officer and current global co-head of the securities division, who had been a mentor to Littleton. According to the complaint, Chavez allegedly apologized “over and over again” to Littleton and shared his own experiences with homophobia and discrimination when he was promoted to the firm’s management committee.

据Gottlieb表示，虽然Littleton已经能够在另一家银行找到就业，但他希望高盛在这种情况下对他们的行动负有责任。Gottlieb说，该公司在法庭上回应了大约30天的时间来回应。