Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has been sued by a former human resources manager at the company. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Austin, Texas alleges sexual discrimination. Jill Hubley, a former senior strategist at the company, alleges "a pattern and practice of gender discrimination with respect to compensating and promoting female employees." Four other former managers -- Mildred Chapman, Angela Hopkins, Julia Mahaffey and Bethany Rich -- filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the company of paying men more for the same work and failing to promote female employees fairly. Ms. Chapman also accuses the company of unfairly targeting older workers with its round of layoffs last year.
Dell, of course, denies the allegations. Meanwhile, on an operational front, the company's turnaround effort has been made much more difficult by a terrible consumer spending environment. The stock is down nearly 75% from the highs it reached in 2004.
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