She says the firing came with no prior warning after she raised safety concerns
A registered nurse says Kaiser Permanente fired her days after she reported feeling unsafe and complained about a hostile co-worker.
The nurse worked as an RN patient care coordinator at an urgent care clinic in Woodbridge, Virginia. On July 6, 2026, she filed a federal complaint in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging discrimination over race, religion, and age, plus retaliation, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. She filed after the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued her a Notice of Right to Sue.
She had history with the company. According to the filing, Kaiser rehired her in June 2025 after about ten years with the organization in Northern California. During orientation, she says staff were told again and again that Kaiser runs a "speak up culture" that encourages workers to report concerns without fear of retaliation.
The complaint says the experience did not match that message. Within her first weeks at the clinic, she alleges a social worker stopped speaking to her, cut her out of information she needed for patient care, and turned hostile. When she raised the conduct with her supervisor on July 31, 2025, she says management responded by asking a co-worker to write a statement about her - not by addressing the problem.
Things got worse from there, according to the complaint. She says she was...
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