Laid-Off CapTech Employee Awaiting Kidney Gets Bias Trial

CapTech Ventures Inc. must face trial on whether it included a manager in a workforce reduction because of her kidney disease and stated need for three-months leave for transplant surgery, a Philadelphia federal ruled.

A jury needs to decide when the lead consultant who chose which employees to include in the RIF became aware of plaintiff Tracey Pavlicin’s chronic condition and prospective time off under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said. It cited competing evidence regarding the lead’s knowledge of Pavlicin’s circumstances, including a managing director’s testimony that the ...