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Fashion Employee Sues Company for New Jersey 'Banishment'

By DNAinfo Staff on March 18, 2011 11:31am

Fashion house Elie Tahari is being sued for $2 million by an upper-level employee.
Fashion house Elie Tahari is being sued for $2 million by an upper-level employee.
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By Mariel S. Clark

DNAinfo News Editor

MANHATTAN — An upper-level employee of elite fashion label Elie Tahari is suing the company in part because he allegedly suffered a "breakdown" after they made him work in New Jersey, the New York Post reported.

In his $2 million claim against the company, Thomas Horodecki claimed he was passed over for promotions because he's Christian and alleged his boss gave preferential treatment to Israeli employees instead, according to the Post.

Horodecki alleged that when he complained he was pulled from his job as manager of the label's shop in Saks Fifth Avenue and sent to boutiques in New Jersey.

"It was the smog. It was depressing driving to Jersey," Horodecki said in the suit, the Post reported.

"New York City has everything when it comes to fashion, especially Saks. And when it comes to styling, let's just say Jersey is difficult. Fashion it is not!" he told to the paper.

In the claim, Horodecki alleged that working in the Garden State caused him to have a "breakdown" and become depressed.

Tahari declined to comment, the Post reported.