Harassment for Covid Mask Request Gets Review in Fifth Circuit

Nov. 8, 2023, 10:20 AM UTC

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will try to revive its lawsuit accusing a Texas pharmacy of disciplining, humiliating, and threatening an asthmatic worker for seeking to wear a mask at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The EEOC is set to appear at oral argument Wednesday at the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to challenge a lower court’s ruling that the former US Drug Mart Inc. worker experienced an isolated incident of verbal harassment that didn’t amount to a hostile work environment under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

The case gives the appeals court an opportunity to ...

Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:

See Breaking News in Context

Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.

Already a subscriber?

Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.