Geisinger Health Gets EEOC Suit Over Most-Qualified Policy Cut

The EEOC can pursue its claim that Geisinger Health and related entities interfered with a nurse’s Americans with Disabilities Act rights by making her reapply for her position following medical leave and then removing the job posting when she tried to apply, a Philadelphia federal judge ruled.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission likewise stated a plausible ADA interference claim for Rosemary Casterline by alleging that Geisinger Health, Geisinger Health System Foundation, and Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center—where Casterline worked for 30 years—created records with negative tags or references, including “litigation hold,” when Casterline sought and was granted additional leave to ...