Turner v. IDS Financial Services, Inc.

SIMONETT, Justice.

When does the statute of limitations begin to run on an unfair employment discrimination practice claim resulting in job termination? At the time the employer gives the employee notice of termination, or at the time termination actually occurs? We think the former, and we reverse the court of appeals.

Plaintiff-respondent C. Thomas Turner was the Minneapolis division manager of defendant-appellant IDS Financial Services, Inc. On December 19, 1986, Turner was suspended from his managerial duties pending an investigation of allegations by subordinates that Turner had introduced…