An employee who was purportedly insubordinate failed to demonstrate her suspension was based on gender discrimination when the alleged biased supervisor was not involved in the decision to suspend the employee.
The plaintiff was one of seven full-time mold setters with Grote Industries, but she was the only woman on the team. Mold setters were responsible for setting up the machines that inject plastic into the molds, changing the molds and filling out the requisite paperwork.
