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Mountain View has reached a $20,000 settlement with a former librarian who sued the city for workplace discrimination and retaliation, according to an agreement signed by both parties at the end of last year.
In the agreement, the city disputes the complaint and admits no wrongdoing. The settlement also releases both parties from future claims.
Marie Richardson, the plaintiff in the case, filed a lawsuit against the city in 2023, alleging that her civil rights were violated when her supervisors refused to accommodate a disability. The lawsuit also claims that Richardson was subject to retaliation, like a poor performance review, after she tried to renew a 90-day agreement that would allow her to work from home four days a week.
According to the lawsuit, the city claimed that the accommodation to work from home was a temporary measure enacted during the pandemic, and it was library policy for employees to work on site every day. The lawsuit stated that Richardson had a disability that compromised her immune system, and contends that remote work was a reasonable accommodation.
Richardson’s employment with the city ended in July 2024, after more than 20 years of working at the Mountain View library.
A third goes to the lawyer and a big chunk goes to income tax. She walks away with appx 1/3 of $20K which is probably about a month’s salary. Should have accommodated the employee. That’s the law.
This does not surprise me.
Listen to what our civic leaders say.
Soundspretty good.
But look what they actually do
Not so good