HOUSTON — A former Shell executive is alleging she faced discrimination due to her pregnancy and colon cancer diagnosis and was terminated in retaliation.
Julia Shur filed a compliant April 12 in Harris County District Court against Shell Exploration & Production Company alleging violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act
Shur began working for Shell in October of 2015, as a general manager, earned more than $650,000 per year and "led and closed" multi-million dollar transactions for the company, according to her suit. Shur claims in the fall of 2016, she began reporting to a new manager, Scott Porter, and from October 2017 through April 2018, took maternity leave.
Shur alleges in her complaint that Porter "was not pleased" about her return from maternity leave in April of 2018, and "began crafting a bias-based narrative of disinformation against her."
Shur specifically alleges Porter gave her "a falsely deflated low performance rating" and that in June of 2019, when Shur was diagnosed with "advanced cancer," she claims Porter shared her diagnosis with others without her consent.
Shur also alleges Porter falsely blamed her for a failed company project. Shur alleges that she was terminated in June of 2019, for "performance reasons" when she was actually fired due to disability discrimination, pregnancy discrimination and sex discrimination and retaliation.
Shur seeks more than $50,000, interest, trial by jury and all other just relief. She is represented by Mark Oberti and Edwin Sullivan of Oberti Sullivan LLP in Houston.
Harris County District Court case number 2021-21382