A former manager in Claremont is suing the city, alleging she was wrongfully terminated in 2024 because of her age and her health issues.

In her suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Daylene Alliman says she also suffered retaliation for complaining the city was out of compliance in sexual harassment training and other areas.

Alliman alleges discrimination, retaliation and failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process, according to the suit. She seeks unspecified damages as well as the imposition of civil penalties.

A Claremont representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Jan. 2.

Alliman was hired by Claremont as a personnel services manager in September 2023 and has human resources experience of more than 25 years in the public and private sectors. The suit states she is over age 40, but does not indicate her precise age.

Alliman’s duties included reviewing the city’s human resources and personnel policies to assist with bringing the city into compliance, but she maintains she was met with resistance in some areas, including sexual harassment training and the municipality’s coronavirus and lactation policies, by upper management.

Last March, while continuing to make her concerns known, Alliman disclosed that she was starting to experience anxiety, high blood pressure, poor sleep and severe chest pain, which she believed to be a heart attack, the suit states.

Alliman asked to take her lunch breaks away from her work desk, not to work on Fridays or weekends and permission for additional walking breaks, but the city responded by giving her more work, the suit alleges.

Alliman prepared another memo in April addressing some of the previous issues and also presenting a comparison with other cities the size of Claremont to demonstrate how the human resources staff needed more people, the suit states.

Alliman was terminated in May, according to the suit, which further states she has suffered emotional distress and lost income since that time.