COLUMBUS, Ohio – Aspire Regional Partners, Inc., MSTC Development, Inc., and their nursing homes known as the Northwood Assisted Living and Northwood Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Facilities (collectively, “Aspire”), violated federal law when they discriminated against a maintenance director because of his sexual orientation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Aspire discriminated against the maintenance director because of his sexual orientation, including falsely accusing him of performance deficiencies and firing him. Aspire and MSTC Development manage and operate nursing homes throughout Southern Ohio.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII, which prohibits discrimination based on sex, including sexual orientation. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Aspire Regional Partners, Inc., et al., Case No. 2:22-cv-03071-SDM-EPD) in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process. The EEOC is seeking permanent injunctive relief prohibiting Aspire from discriminating against employees because of their sexual orientation in the future, lost wages, compensatory and punitive damages, and other relief.
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