Once again, the Detroit Metropolitan Airport Authority has found itself embroiled in controversy.Last time, it concerned the dismissal of our client Turkia Awada Mullin, the former CEO who claims she was wrongfully terminated. This time, it concerns former chairwoman...
Month: November 2011
Are less attractive employees discriminated against?
It probably would not surprise most people in Detroit to learn that physically attractive people who work in sales are more likely to make a greater volume of sales and sell more products overall. That's common knowledge.However, one economics professor is raising an...
Professor’s quirk raises interesting employment law issue
If Detroit readers think bank to their college days, they will probably remember professors talking about tenure. Terms of tenure differ from school to school, but in general, tenure is additional job security offered to professors who have taught long enough and...
Former Detroit airport CEO alleges wrongful termination
A controversy has erupted over the dismissal of our client, Detroit Metro Airport CEO Turkia Awada Mullin. She was recently fired, but the board that voted to let her go has refused to articulate a reason for her dismissal.Mullin is now suing for wrongful...