A judge has ruled that a discrimination lawsuit can proceed against the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Former department employee Annie Hendricks sued the state in November, claiming that her duties were given to two less-experienced black employees. It’s one of two racial discrimination lawsuits against the agency. The other was filed by Donald Ingram, former administrator of the Division of Employment Security. Both claim that during the two years that former Commissioner Karla Davis ran the agency, Davis, who is black, forced white employees out.
The state argues that there was no racial discrimination.
