Chicago Hotel Settles Race Discrimination, Family Leave Lawsuit

Millennium Hotels & Resorts settled a lawsuit filed by a manager who claimed she was discriminated against and denied legally available family leave because of her race.

The settlement was reached Monday after US Judge Elaine Bucklo in September rejected a motion to dismiss the case, filed by worker Candice Warren. The decision meant that Millennium, doing business as the Millennium Knickerbocker Chicago, had to settle the dispute or face trial.

In her complaint, Warren, who is Black, alleged her civil rights were violated because she was discriminated against due to her race. Because her complaints were allegedly ignored by ...