A former Charles Schwab senior mission supervisor of Indian descent has sued the agency, alleging he was discriminated in opposition to and fired based mostly on his race, faith, nationwide origin, intercourse and incapacity.

Dipesh Mehta, a Texas resident who describes himself as Indian and, as an adherent of the Jain faith, a vegan, contends within the lawsuit in Texas District Courtroom that all through his time at Schwab, he “was ceaselessly neglected of firm luncheons and celebrations as a result of there have been no vegan choices, and his faith requires a vegan weight loss plan.”

Schwab was made conscious of his weight loss plan “however did virtually nothing to accommodate his wants,” based on the go well with. “Mehta additionally witnessed different ethnic-Indian staff depart (Schwab’s) make use of as a result of harassment and discrimination.

“It was usually noticed by Mehta and others equally located that white staff have been handled higher and with extra respect. Offering vegan choices at firm occasions wouldn’t have been an undue burden,” the criticism contends.

The alleged discrimination prolonged past his vegan weight loss plan, based on the lawsuit, filed Friday, which contends he was handled much less favorably than white, U.S. nationwide staff and feminine staff in different respects.

The criticism notes Mehta began working at Schwab in late 2018 and in his newest position was chargeable for initiatives valued from $1 million to $15 million and managed mission groups of 5 to twenty folks throughout numerous areas. The go well with signifies he wasn’t concerned with investments on the agency.

In June and July 2019, he took medical depart to deal with his arm for repetitive laptop use and “was retaliated in opposition to for requesting this lodging by receiving a ‘teaching memo’ the next January, based on the go well with. Mehta was given a efficiency overview of “assembly expectations inconsistently” on account of the time without work, and was denied his 2019 bonus, it says.

Mehta was issued a “written efficiency warning” once more in Might 2020 with the identical matters coated in a “teaching memo,” together with poor communication fashion, and denied one other bonus, he contends.

Feeling he was being discriminated in opposition to, Mehta complained to a vice chairman “however no motion was taken in opposition to his white managers,” he contends. As a substitute, Mehta “was lectured about accepting the suggestions as a ‘present.’”

Mehta didn’t want time without work the next two years, and obtained a “met expectations” ranking for his 2020 and 2021 employment years and obtained bonuses each years, based on the lawsuit. Going into 2022, he ranked as “exceeding expectations” and his managers indicated he was on monitor to get a bonus the next yr, the criticism says.

In summer season 2022, nonetheless, Mehta wished to use for depart below the Household and Medical Go away Act to return to India to look after his ailing mom, who was a coronary heart affected person and was believed to have suffered a stroke.