Brookhaven Lab Must Face Retaliation Suit Over Telework Request

A Brookhaven Science Associates LLC employee can pursue claims that she was retaliated against for opposing what she believed were race-based denials of her telework requests.

The lawsuit adequately alleges that the national laboratory violated federal anti-retaliation law by telling the long-time senior office assistant that she could work remotely three days per week if she withdrew the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charge she filed after repeatedly being denied the ability to telework, the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York said.

She says she was the only Black woman in her department and that four White ...