Employer Disclosed Employee’s Confidential Medical Information, Harassed Her, Retaliated Against Her and Fired Her for Complaining, Federal Agency Charges
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Hattiesburg, Mississippi-based Tractor Supply Company violated federal law and the civil rights of an employee with a disability when it publicized her confidential medical information, subjected her to a hostile work environment, disciplined her without justification, and ultimately fired her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed yesterday.
The employee was born with a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Tractor Supply Company learned about the employee’s disability because its Laurel, Mississippi store manager persistently questioned her to explain why she could not work a certain shift, which conflicted with a prescheduled medical appointment for her disability. The repeated questioning forced the employee to disclose her confidential medical information.
The company publicized the employee’s disability to co-workers and customers in the company’s Hattiesburg store to which the employee had recently been promoted, who then harassed the employee because of her condition. When the employee complained about this harassment and the disclosure of her confidential medication information, the company disciplined her without justification and...
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