RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A New Jersey federal judge has ordered Starbucks to pay a former employee who was awarded $25.6 million in a wrongful termination suit an extra $2.7 million in damages.
Shannon Phillips, a former regional director for the chain, sued the coffee giant in 2019, claiming that she was fired for being white.
On Wednesday, Judge Joel Slomsky ordered Starbucks to pay Phillips $2,736,755 in back pay, front pay and tax gross, court documents show.
The ruling comes after a Camden jury ordered the coffee giant to pay Phillips $25.6 million in settlement money, including punitive and compensatory damages, following a trial in June.
Phillips, 52, claimed in her lawsuit that "her race was a determinative factor" in Starbucks decision to fire her in the wake of a 2018 racial firestorm.
In April 2018, two Black men Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson were arrested while waiting for a business meeting after an employee called 911 and accused the men of
RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A New Jersey federal judge has ordered Starbucks to pay a former employee who was awarded $25.6 million in a wrongful termination suit an extra $2.7 million in damages.
Shannon Phillips, a former regional director for the chain, sued the coffee giant in 2019, claiming that she was fired for being white.
On Wednesday, Judge Joel Slomsky ordered Starbucks to pay Phillips $2,736,755 in back pay, front pay and tax gross, court documents show.
The ruling comes after a Camden jury ordered the coffee giant to pay Phillips $25.6 million in settlement money, including punitive and compensatory damages, following a trial in June.
Phillips, 52, claimed in her lawsuit that "her race was a determinative factor" in Starbucks decision to fire her in the wake of a 2018 racial firestorm.
In April 2018, two Black men Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson were arrested while waiting for a business meeting after an employee called 911 and accused the men of
A New Jersey court ordered Starbucks to pay an additional $2.7 million to a former employee who successfully sued the company for wrongful termination, claiming she was fired for being White.
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RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) A New Jersey federal judge has ordered Starbucks to pay a former employee who was awarded $25.6 million in a wrongful termination suit an extra $2.7 million in damages.
Shannon Phillips, a former regional director for the chain, sued the coffee giant in 2019, claiming that she was fired for being white.
On Wednesday, Judge Joel Slomsky ordered Starbucks to pay Phillips $2,736,755 in back pay, front pay and tax gross, court documents show.
The ruling comes after a Camden jury ordered the coffee giant to pay Phillips $25.6 million in settlement money, including punitive and compensatory damages, following a trial in June.
Phillips, 52, claimed in her lawsuit that "her race was a determinative factor" in Starbucks decision to fire her in the wake of a 2018 racial firestorm.
In April 2018, two Black men Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson were arrested while waiting for a business meeting after an employee called 911 and accused the men of