After dismissing CFO over 'inappropriate messages,' Eli Lilly faces new accusations of sexual discrimination and harassment
A month after ousting CFO Josh Smiley for sending “inappropriate messages” to employees, Eli Lilly is facing new allegations that an executive and a senior manager at its Washington, DC office sexually discriminated against and harassed multiple women.
Sonya Elling, a former Lilly lobbyist of about 16 years, filed a lawsuit in federal court last Friday accusing her second-level supervisor Leigh Ann Pusey of making sexist remarks about her, undermining her authority, and subjecting her to a “sexually hostile work environment,” eventually forcing her to resign.
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