Council OKs Payment of $1.5 Million for Job Bias
From Staff and Wire Reports
The City Council approved a $1.5-million payment Tuesday to a former city engineer who successfully sued for discrimination.
Mustafa Rez, a civil engineer for the Public Works Department from 1985 to 1999, alleged that he was denied a promotion and bonus because he was born in Syria and is Muslim.
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