A former product manager at the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that she was subjected to sexual harassment by her employers.
The New York Times reported Roshani Sheth worked was a staff member at the Realtors Information Network, a NAR subsidiary now known as Realtor.com. After working for five years at the organization’s Chicago headquarters, Sheth said she was fired in 2019 for reporting male supervisors who allegedly targeted her with rude remarks about her appearance and sex life. Sheth, who is Indian American, also stated she experienced racial discrimination at NAR.
Sheth filed her lawsuit in a U.S. District Court in Illinois. Among the men cited in her complaint were Matthew Embrescia, president of the investment firm and NAR partner Second Generation, and Ken Burlington, a NAR vice president who was her supervisor.
Sheth’s complaint also stated NAR’s human resources department put her on a performance improvement plan after she complained about how she was being treated, adding she was fired the day after returning from a one-month medical leave.
NAR spokesperson Mantill Williams responded to a request for comment by stating, “The National Association of Realtors is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We don’t comment on matters of employment.”
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Top Dogs at NAR should have spent more time ensuring all state contracts were transparent and compliant instead of playing hide the sausage with their co workers. No wonder NAR lost. Most incompetent group of people I ever witnesses.
Top Dogs at NAR should have spent more time ensuring all state contracts were transparent and compliant instead of playing hide the sausage with their co workers. No wonder NAR lost. Most incompetent group of people I ever witnessed.
Here we go again with NAR costing us $. Or maybe it’s someone looking fora free 401K. Either way NAR should be smarter than this. The fact that this stuff gets paid out of our dues and membership fees, which are going up, means they don’t have to worry about it. Have they yet to inform us of how much this has cost in attorney fees, I haven’t seen that number.
Why are we members of NAR? I think we should sue them. They have ruined our profession!
NAR…the gift that keeps on giving. 😏
NAR, National Association of Rejects
Looks like NAR management has failed us (again). They should never have acquiesced to that disastrous settlement. Our once honorable real estate profession has been devastated by new, stupid standards…. Sad, but true.
You just can’t make this *&^& up! I think NAR might need a Go-Fund-Me page 🙂
I think NAR needs to fold and go away and take their fees with them. They are totally irrelevant now more than ever. What have they done for you lately ……not to you lately!! They are top heavy and unprofessional and they have put this burden on the backs of all of it’s loyal membership!