Documents missing in $650K state settlement
In October 2014, five female administrators in the state Department of Finance and Administration alleged workplace discrimination and mistreatment by top male supervisors and won a $650,000 secret settlement from the state.
The state paid up just weeks after a lawsuit was threatened against top DFA officials and then-Gov. Susana Martinez, but, as part of the deal, the women were required to maintain confidentiality for years.
Today, there’s no documentation in state Risk Management records showing what was alleged or who was accused – despite a state law requiring retention of such records.
All that remains is the bare-bones evidence of a payout – a copy of the $650,000 check written to the attorney representing the five women and each of five 12-page settlement agreements.
Read more: https://www.abqjournal.com/1349186/documents-missing-in-650k-state-settlement.html
(Albuquerque Journal)