Westmoreland County Commissioners approved paying $90,000 to the deputy director of the juvenile detention center to end a federal discrimination lawsuit.
The Trib reports that Commissioners Sean Kertes and Doug Chew voted in favor of settling the lawsuit filed by Nicole Kamer, who said she was passed over for the director of the facility because of her gender. In 2020, she was named interim director, which lasted for six months. Former director Rich Gordon was re-hired by the commissioners.
In her lawsuit, Kamer claimed the commissioners’ decision to demote her and rehire Gordon, who previously served as the detention center’s director from 2013 to 2015, was in part based on her gender. Kamer also suggested gender was a factor in her being paid about $25,000 less than Gordon. Commissioner Ted Kopas voted against the settlement.
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