The daily reports, the 'privilege' emails, and the firing that followed her EEOC complaint
A compliance officer hired to keep her employer within disability and leave laws says it broke them - and fired her for speaking up.
That is the core of a lawsuit filed July 22, 2026, in the US District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. According to the complaint, a human resources compliance coordinator worked for Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government from January 2023 until her termination in April 2026. She describes herself as a Black woman over 40 with disabilities, and says her role included keeping the government compliant with laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The government has not yet responded, and none of the allegations have been tested in court.
The filing says her own need for the ADA became a flashpoint. In September 2025, according to the complaint, she requested accommodations for chronic PTSD - a parking spot near her building and the ability to work from home most of the time. A month later, the filing alleges, the employer revoked the parking accommodation, told her parking was a "privilege," and reassigned her to a spot a mile from the entrance.
The telework accommodation, the complaint says, ran into similar friction. The day after she renewed it, the filing alleges, the employer began requiring remote employees to complete daily activity reports. She objected that the reports...
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