A former city of Claremont manager is suing the city, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in 2024 because of her age and her health issues and that she suffered retaliation for complaining the municipality was out of compliance in sexual harassment training and other areas.
Daylene Alliman’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges discrimination, retaliation and failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process. She seeks unspecified damages as well as the imposition of civil penalties.
A Claremont representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Jan. 2.
Alliman was hired as a personnel services manager in the administrative service department of its personnel division in September 2023 and has human resources experience of more than 25 years in the public and private sectors. The suit states she is over 40 years old, but does not indicate her precise age.
Alliman’s duties included reviewing the city’s human resources and personnel policies to assist with bringing the city into compliance, but she maintains she was met with resistance in some areas by upper management, including sexual harassment training as well as the municipality’s coronavirus and lactation policies.
Last March, while continuing to make her concerns known, Alliman disclosed that she was starting to experience anxiety, high blood pressure, poor sleep and severe chest pain which she believed to be a heart attack, the suit states.
Alliman asked to take her lunch breaks away from her work desk, no work on Fridays or weekends and permission for additional walking breaks, but the city responded by giving her more work, the suit alleges.
Alliman prepared another memo in April addressing some of the previous issues and also presenting a comparison with other cities the size of Claremont to demonstrate how the human resources staff needed more people, the suit states.
Alliman was terminated in May, according to the suit, which further states she has suffered emotional distress and lost income since that time.