Promote Me Over Men, Asks Commerzbank Exec Who Won Bias Case
- Jagruti Rajput won a sex and maternity-discrimination case
- Wants preference over equally-qualified men for promotion
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A Commerzbank AG executive who won sex and maternity discrimination claims against the bank wants an unusual form of compensation: favorable treatment for future promotions.
Jagruti Rajput, a senior compliance officer at the bank’s London branch, won a court ruling that the bank had discriminated against her by failing to fairly consider her for a promotion, and by taking advantage of her absence on maternity leave to pass “significant elements” of her role to a colleague. She found her role had been diminished upon her return.