Tejon Ranch Co.: Case Study

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Tejon Ranch Co. is one of the largest pieces of privately owned property in the nation (270,000 acres). On February 11th, a 186 page complaint was filed. The lawsuit filed against the company alleges that officials of the company (i.e. president, HR director, CEO, Director of Hunting and Equestrian Operations, etc.) were involved in discrimination, harassment, wage theft and unethical patterns of action that terminate careers and create miserable workplaces in order to get employees to quit. Allegations Made Against Tejon Ranch Co. Included: • Denial of meal and rest breaks. • Denial of overtime pay in response to employee transgressions. • Self dealing activities and “kick backs.” The lawsuit claims that in Tejon’s day to day operations, …show more content…

She was the company’s payroll and benefits coordinator. She had difficulty working with Spar and noted in the lawsuit that she frequently had irrational outbursts; particularly when she felt something made her look bad on the job. While on the job, Ayon discovered that an employee who was a friend of Spars misused the company credit card and was possibly stealing from the ranch. Ayon also saw evidence that Spars misused the company funds at times. According to the lawsuit, when she brought her concerns regarding the misuse of company funds/theft from the company to Spars, her concerns were dismissed and Spars was angry with her for bringing it up at all. This situation was followed by a sudden change in behavior on the part of the HR director who suddenly began yelling at Ayon and ridiculing her in front of her co-workers. Soon afterwards, Spars told Ayon to go the company’s workers’ compensation doctor for hives, nightmares, headaches, etc., but he advised her that the stress was not work related (Jan. 2015). But while he deemed the stress not “work related,” he also did not release her to return to work due to “extreme stress.” Ayon returned to work in the summer of 2015 at which point she was given back her job duties plus additional duties. She was also asked to complete payroll entry in one day rather than the week she was formerly allowed for the process. As the company continued to require Ayon to finish all her normal job duties plus the additional job duties they added as soon as she arrived back on the job, she became extremely stressed once

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