Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

According to news in the morning of December 28, Beijing time, a former Apple patent lawyer reportedly filed a lawsuit against the company on the grounds that she had been discriminated against and harassed after complaining about a male colleague.

The plaintiff, Jana Richardson Witt, sued Apple in California, alleging that the company retaliated against her after learning her "identity as a victim of domestic violence" by rejecting her for a higher position. She asked Apple to compensate for its economic and moral losses, but the exact amount was not disclosed.

Victor joined Apple in 2006 and held a number of positions, including director of intellectual property trading. A white male supervisor "favors white men and discriminates against ethnic minorities, women and disabled employees", she said in the indictment.

She was forced to protect her device, wireless network and account without the help of Apple's global security department.

Witt said she shared a video of a male colleague holding a gun to his head, as well as evidence of "death threats and threats", and wrote about the experience in August. However, although she shared the video, Apple did not protect her.

According to reports, after writing this article, Witt claimed in the indictment that Apple launched an investigation into her behavior and fired her in July. She wrote that Apple's human resources department approved her for "allowing personal relationships to interfere with my work, not fully protecting my device and account, and the investigation process was not professional enough."

Coincidentally, other women have publicly shared their experiences of discrimination, abuse and sexism at Apple.

In 2021, Cher Scarlett, a former Apple employee, and others created the # AppleToo campaign, hoping to draw attention to Apple's internal problems. The establishment of the organization comes just weeks after Apple employees issued a public statement saying that the company's internal complaints had not been answered or ignored.

Scarlett filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, but withdrew the suit after reaching a settlement with Apple in November 2021.

In September 2021, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Deirdre O\ 'Brien, senior head of retail and personnel, discussed some employee relations issues, including pay equality.

At the time, Janneke Parrish, another leader of # AppleToo, said publicly that she was disappointed at the meeting: "our voices were not heard." She was subsequently fired.

Apple said in a statement on the issue in August that its policy on discrimination was very clear.

"some accounts do not reflect our intentions or policies, and we should deal with them in different ways, including some of the exchanges in this report." "therefore, we will make adjustments to the training and process," Apple said. "

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