A former lead recruiter in Washington’s Department of Commerce is suing the state agency over allegations including discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment.
Ellycia Price is the plaintiff in the lawsuit filed Dec. 4 in U.S. District Court in Tacoma. The Department of Commerce is named as a defendant, as are two Commerce employees: Chief Human Resources Officer Theresa Burkheimer and Deputy HR Director Lauren Watts.
Price, who alleges that she was wrongfully terminated in mid-October, said in a call that she was the only African American woman on her team…