Australia’s government-owned broadcaster has hired U.S.-headquartered Seyfarth Shaw to defend it against claims it dismissed a reporter for making posts on social media about the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
In a lawsuit alleging unlawful dismissal before the country’s workplace regulator, the Fair Work Commission, Antoinette Lattouf alleges she was terminated from her job at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) because of her Lebanese ethnicity and because the public broadcaster systemically discriminates against people with Arab or Muslim backgrounds as well as other people of color.
