The city’s longtime chief internal auditor claims not getting an employment contract is part of ongoing retaliation against him, according to a whistleblower lawsuit he filed against the city.
The lawsuit, filed Dec. 14, follows a workplace complaint and request for a grievance process filed in July by Chief Internal Auditor Edmundo Calderon with the city’s Human Resources Department alleging, in part, that city officials, including City Attorney Karla Nieman, former City Manager Tommy Gonzalez and city Rep. Cassandra Hernandez, retaliated against him after he audited fuel card usage by elected officials.
The lawsuit alleges, in part, that Calderon faced retaliation through open criticism of his audit report process by Gonzalez and Hernandez, staff retaliation by not granting full funding for cyber security during the city’s budget process and not being given an employment contract after the May 6 city charter amendment election.
“To date, Calderon has not received an employment contract or any other documents necessary for the final appointment (of his employment). The delay and continued refusal to provide a contract was done in retaliation,” the lawsuit states.
Calderon and his attorney Laura Enriquez declined to comment.
The “delay and refusal” to give a contract stems from Calderon conducting the fuel card audit and not immediately notifying the city manager or elected officials that he was doing so and that he involved the El Paso Police Department as part of the...
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