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Jay-Z Sued For Discrimination

by Jeanne on October 28th, 2007

Jigga what??? Jay-Z and his New York-based 40/40 club are in hot water because there is a former employee suing them for being fired based solely on the fact that she became pregnant.

Folake Ogundiran, who worked as a sales assistant at the club, has filed a discrimination lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court in which she claims she was told not to turn up for work after telling a female supervisor she was expecting a baby. Ogundiran alleges she was “barred from entering the workplace” when she tried to walk into the venue to work two days later. The suit also says Ogundiran was denied unemployment benefits and that she was fired because her pregnant status would be “inconsistent” with the “young, fashionable, unattached, and sexy” image 40/40 wants to project, reports website TMZ.com. Ogundiran is seeking an unspecified amount in damages. 40/40 spokesperson Ron Berkowitz has dismissed the lawsuit as without merit, claiming it “will likely be dismissed”.

I can understand wanting employees to fit a certain “look” but that should be put in the contract and agreed to when the person is hired. We’ll see what happens…

Tags: jay-z, 40/40 club, lawsuit, pregnant jay-z

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