Indiana National Guard member says Ashley HomeStore fired him after military training Johnny Magdaleno, Indianapolis Star
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An Indiana Army National Guard captain is suing the parent company of Ashley HomeStore over allegations that the furniture company violated federal law by not offering to re-employ the captain when he returned from military training.
The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in the federal Southern District of Indiana Court by the US Department of Justice. It follows a dispute over a re-employment start date that Captain Christopher Robbins lawyers allege infringed upon Robbins rights as a member of the U.S. military.
Just days after interim police department head Bobby West resigned from the Mocksville Police Department, after five days on the job, Maj. Koula Black, second-in-command, has submitted her letter of resignation. I have worked tirelessly for the Town of Mocksville and the Mocksville Police Department. I withstood countless acts of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, but I never stopped doing my job and doing it well. Certain members of the Town’s board have used their political power and lies to manipulate terminated officers to interfere with my employment, Black wrote in her resignation letter.Town board members have not responded to a request for comment.Black said she was shocked when West was named interim head, but not surprised when he suddenly resigned because he treated the staff like garbage. West has not responded to a request for comment. Every second-in-command officer at the Mocksville Police Department has stepped in as interim chief whenever the ch