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Owens v. Kraft Heinz: Davenport commissioners hear public statements, enter closed session on contested case
Summary
The commission heard in‑person testimony from the complainant and a statement from the respondent’s attorney in a longstanding termination dispute. Commissioners voted to go into closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(f) to deliberate a recommended decision in contested case E00930048‑17.
The Davenport City Civil Rights Commission on Jan. 14 heard public statements in contested case E00930048‑17, a long‑running employment discrimination complaint filed by Charles Owens against Kraft Heinz, and then voted unanimously to enter a closed session under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(f) and chapter 17A of the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act to consider the decision.
Respondent counsel, introduced in the meeting as Jesse Dilla of Ogletree Deakins, asked the commission to adopt the administrative law judge’s recommended decision. “After all that evidence was collected and considered by the administrative law judge, I think he rightfully determined that this is a case where there just was not evidence of a discriminatory animus,” counsel told commissioners,…
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