A former shift manager at Best Sunshine Live filed last week in federal court a discrimination lawsuit against Imperial Pacific International (CNMI) LLC and Imperial Pacific International Holdings Ltd.<\/p>\n
Rovie Anne Chopitea is suing Imperial Pacific for discrimination under Title VII, retaliation, and violation of the Equal Pay Act.<\/p>\n
Chopitea, through counsel Daniel T. Guidotti, is demanding back pay with prejudgment interest, compensation, damages, court costs, and attorney\u2019s fees.<\/p>\n
According to Guidotti in the complaint, Chopitea claims that Gizelle Leong, an assistant director with IPI; David Loi, a third shift manager; Elaine Chao, director of loyalty marketing, and other IPI employees conspired to create a hostile working environment for her that worsened her hypertension.<\/p>\n
Chopitea, a CW-1 worker from the Philippines, alleged that she was paid much less than others in the same position and doing the same job.<\/p>\n
Guidotti said that Chopitea filed a grievance with the IPI human resources department but the department never took action on the matter.<\/p>\n
After getting no response from human resources for over a month, Chopitea filed a complaint before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in which she alleged that IPI discriminated against her.<\/p>\n
She alleged that Leong and others perpetrated a campaign of retaliation against her.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune tried but failed to obtain comments from IPI as of press time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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