Marubeni sued by U.S. employees

[FG Lurker]

Japan firm sued by U.S. employees
By Jonathan D. Glater The New York Times

Two employees have accused Marubeni America, a subsidiary of Marubeni, the Japanese conglomerate, of employment discrimination, failure to pay overtime and accounting fraud in a civil complaint filed in New York.

The two employees, Kevin Long, senior vice president and general manager of human resources, and Ludvic Presto, senior vice president and general manager of the audit team, were placed on paid administrative leave from the company last month.

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Sounds a lot like the shit that went down with Mitsubishi in the US some years ago.

[Socratesabroad]

FGL, you left out the best part:

For example, the complaint says that a senior executive at Marubeni America specified, in e-mail messages, what kind of employee would be acceptable, expressing preferences for "young, male Asian employees."

[FG Lurker]

FGL, you left out the best part:

For example, the complaint says that a senior executive at Marubeni America specified, in e-mail messages, what kind of employee would be acceptable, expressing preferences for "young, male Asian employees."

Hehe, yah, should have included that little snip too.

Should be interesting to see how long before Marubeni pays these guys a lot of money to go away and be quiet.