A reverse-discrimination suit brought by a white former employee of Petco who claimed the company posted Spanish-only signage and failed to prevent repeated racial taunts by his predominantly Hispanic colleagues can proceed thanks to a New Jersey federal judge’s ruling.
U.S. District Judge Freda Wolfson on Monday denied dismissal of claims lodged under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) by a man claiming he was subjected to a hostile work environment as the only Caucasian working on the floor of Petco’s Monroe, N.J., distribution center.
