DOL Sues New York Company Over Worker Firing After Complaint

A New York health-care provider and its CEO unlawfully fired an office manager who had refused to attend a meeting because she feared exposure to the coronavirus, the U.S. Labor Department said in a federal lawsuit filed in New York.

The DOL accused Community Health Center of Richmond Inc. of violating the whistleblower provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

It’s one of the first agency-initiated claims brought against an employer over pandemic safety issues.

The nonprofit employer is accused of ...