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Rubber-stamped recommendation to fire challenged.(Court Report)(BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co.)(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
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September 1, 2006
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EEOC v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co., 10th Cir., No. 04-2220 (June 7, 2006).
Termination based solely on a biased supervisor's recommendation could lead to liability under Title VII, even when an HR person unfamiliar with the employee's race discharges the worker, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided. Various federal courts have used the "cat's paw" or "rubber-stamp" theory to characterize a situation in which an employment decision is made by one manager but is heavily influenced by a biased supervisor.
Stephen Peters worked as a merchandiser for BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. in Albuquerque, N.M., and was one of the fewer than 2 percent of black employees at ...
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