The former food director of the Kearney Center filed a lawsuit against Tallahassee’s main homeless shelter claiming he was fired in retaliation for reporting coronavirus protocol violations.
Bill Schack said he lost close to 200 paid time off hours and was retaliated against for reporting instances when the homeless shelter was not following COVID protocol. Schack’s September 5 lawsuit filed in Leon County Circuit Court claims he is a whistleblower under state statutes. He is being represented by attorney Marie Mattox.
But when he was fired on July 21, 2021, Kearney Center officials said it was actually Schack who had violated COVID protocols by coming to work while he awaited his wife's test results for the infectious disease. They refuted claims made by Schack in a Facebook post following his termination.
In an interview with the Democrat at the time, Schack lamented the Kearney Center board's decision to fire a long-time employee over the phone for coming to work with "a minor cough" when the center was short-staffed.
Kearney Center Board President Rick Kearney said the lawsuit had not been served yet. But he noted how the claims that appear in the lawsuit had already been addressed when Schack made them shortly after being fired.
Kearney declined to comment on the pending litigation.
"We have not had a chance to review the complaint with our legal counsel and therefore cannot comment on the allegations set forth in the lawsuit," he said in an email.
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