Worker claims HR sent his confidential ethics complaint to managers he accused, then fired him with leave pending
A Fannie Mae worker says he was terminated days after confirming his FMLA leave was active, following a chain of events that started with his ethics complaint being sent to the bosses he accused.
Kevin Holcomb filed suit in federal court in Georgia on November 7, alleging his career at the mortgage giant ended in retaliation after he reported workplace problems and requested medical leave.
According to the filing, the trouble began in October 2023 when Holcomb raised concerns with the company's ethics office about workplace stress and trauma-related symptoms. Several weeks later, ethics staff acknowledged in writing that managers had failed to address his complaints properly.
Then in January 2024, human resources forwarded his confidential ethics email to his direct manager, A.J. Harger, who was named in the complaint. Harger then sent it to director Robin Kendrick, also a subject of the ethics report. Shortly after, those same managers gave Holcomb a negative performance review and reprimanded him for objecting to the breach of confidentiality.
The chronology that follows reads like a case study in timing. In February, Holcomb requested a schedule change to manage his symptoms and care for his elderly mother. His manager approved it. The director overruled it without discussion of alternatives.
By May, with permission from Kendrick, Holcomb had drafted a...
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