Nashville-Based For-Profit Provider of Graduate Medical Education Fired Employee For Making a Discrimination Complaint, Federal Agency Charges
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – HCA Healthcare, Inc. (and its divisions Tennessee Healthcare Management, Inc. and GME Overhead), a for-profit corporation headquartered in Nashville, providing graduate medical education in over 2,300 health care facilities, violated federal law by refusing to promote an employee because of his age, race and national origin, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. HCA Healthcare also violated the law when it fired him in retaliation for complaining internally to his employer about the discrimination, the EEOC said.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, an Asian American employee alleged that HCA Healthcare denied him a promotion in favor of a younger, underqualified white candidate. The EEOC said that the candidate HCA Healthcare ultimately selected for the promotion did not meet the minimum qualifications required for the position. According to the EEOC, however, the Asian American employee did meet all necessary minimum qualifications.
The employee further alleged that after learning of the stark differences in qualifications between himself and the candidate, he complained to his employer about the perceived discrimination. After the employee complained, HCA Healthcare retaliated in the form of write-ups, berating him, and, ultimately, termination.
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