The complaint by HR analyst Robert Bartley alleges employment discrimination and retaliation, perpetrated by managers in Human Resources.
The Bee article focuses on a letter sent to HR Vice President Christine Lovely by a recently hired and fired manager who supervised Bartley. As described by The Bee, the manager wrote:
"... Veronica Hodge, assistant vice president of human resources, 'was out to get rid of Bob Bartley, as she told me numerous times by any means she could.' The letter said Hodge wanted a new image in human resources – 'young, polished and preferably a person of color'.”
The five page letter was presented as Exhibit G in the lawsuit. The Bee ran the story with the headline: Sacramento State employee alleges he lost promotion because he’s older, white male.
