He says HR promised no retaliation. Months later his bonus and title were gone, he claims
A former Apple worker says he reported racist comments to HR - and soon after, his pay was cut and his title downgraded.
The worker, a Mexico-born Latino man, sued Apple Inc. on August 13, 2026, in federal court in Indiana, alleging race and national origin discrimination and retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
He joined Apple in January 2019 as a technical program manager in Elk Grove, California, the complaint says. In April 2024, he moved to a regional supplier role at the company's distribution center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, reporting to the Americas logistics manager.
The problems started, according to the filing, at a January 2025 meeting. A peer said she did not want to relocate to Austin, Texas, because it was "too brown," the complaint alleges. The worker understood the comment to refer to the area's racial and ethnic makeup, the filing says.
That June, he complained to HR that he had been subjected to disparate treatment because of his race and national origin, according to the complaint. A month later, he says, he contacted HR again about a remark his manager allegedly made about Mexico - referencing, in the complaint's account, that the iPads were "too broken to be repaired like the ones coming from Mexico." HR discouraged him from filing a formal complaint, the filing alleges.
By early August 2025, the complaint says, Apple told him it had...
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