A Wynn Las Vegas cocktail server was awarded $321,200 by a U.S. District Court jury after a five-day trial in which she said she was wrongfully fired for abusing the company’s Family and Medical Leave Act policies. Wynn Resorts is contesting the award.
The jury said Tiare Ramirez, a founding Wynn cocktail server hired in November 2008 and terminated in November 2017, proved her claim that Wynn interfered with her FMLA rights when the company fired her.
The jury denied her claim that Wynn also violated the plaintiff’s Americans with Disabilities Act rights.
The $321,200 award was for lost wages and compensatory, emotional distress, liquidated and punitive damages.
