A Kansas City woman who worked for the Missouri Department of Corrections for more than three decades says she was harassed and targeted before being unjustly terminated.
In a recently-filed lawsuit, Melanie Austin, who spent 34 years at the department, alleges she faced race and age discrimination, as well as retaliation and a hostile work environment.
“Despite Plaintiff’s more than 30-year tenure with Defendant, in Plaintiff’s final year, management subjected Plaintiff to scrutiny and pretextual write-ups in an effort to terminate her employment,” the suit said…