July 14, 2026
Mercedes-Benz told a Georgia federal court that it did not fire a Vietnamese American employee for taking parental leave and complaining about what the employee alleged was a manager's racial bias, saying the company decided to terminate the worker for performance issues before he applied for time off.
April 23, 2026
Mercedes-Benz ignored a Vietnamese American employee's complaints about a manager's racial bias before ultimately firing him after he took leave for the birth of his child, he told a Georgia federal court.