Medical PPE Maker Didn’t Give Covid-19 Leave, Lawsuit Says (1)

A Florida-based manufacturer of personal protective equipment for health-care professionals unlawfully fired a worker and refused to pay her when she was out sick with Covid-19 symptoms, according to a federal lawsuit in Florida.

Barrier Technologies LLC terminated Tracey Graham, a professional embroiderer for the company, who took sick time after she became ill with symptoms consistent with the coronavirus and was directed by a doctor to isolate for seven days, the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida said.

Graham’s attorneys with Wigdor Law said it’s one of the first lawsuits of its ...