Jury Finds Baba Yega Manager Was Fired for Reporting Discrimination, Awards Damages - Eater Houston
"Harris County jury awarded a Houston woman more than $30,000 in a lawsuit filed against Montrose restaurant Baba Yega that alleged she was fired for reporting discriminatory behavior. The suit claims that Nugent was fired from her job at Baba Yega after reporting 'discriminatory and harassing conditions and behaviors at the restaurant' to the restaurant’s owners. The suit alleges various discriminatory practices within the restaurant, including the use of ethnic slurs, sexual-orientation-based slurs, age discrimination, and racially discriminatory comments. It claims that Nugent was paid less than a male counterpart and was eventually fired for opposing discriminatory practices. A jury awarded Nugent $27,000 in back pay and benefits, and $5,000 in compensatory damages. Baba Yega was later closed due to fire damage, with plans to reopen." - Amy McCarthy
