• A federal judge transferred a lawsuit by a former cancer center employee from a New Jersey federal court to a federal court in Pennsylvania, ruling that the case belonged in the employer’s home state rather than where the employee remotely worked.
• The court determined that the employee’s claims under the ADA had minimal connection to New Jersey, emphasizing that key decisions about her employment were made in Pennsylvania.
• The decision indicates that employers may face fewer legal challenges in states where remote employees reside, and instead, the proper venue may be in the states where employers are based.

On November 10, 2025, a federal district court in New Jersey transferred the former cancer center employee’s retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where her former employer is based.

The case, Khartchenko v. American Oncologic Hospital Inc. et al., involved a former employee who worked on-site for six years for a Pennsylvania-based company before transitioning to a hybrid remote schedule. She later began working fully remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and claimed that, after undergoing surgery in January 2023, continuing her remote work arrangement was necessary during her recovery.

However, after a new supervisor implemented a plan to revoke her remote work arrangement, she filed a lawsuit alleging the move was in retaliation for her reporting the supervisor for...

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