ALEXANDRIA, VA – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against a cybersecurity provider and federal contractor in Alexandria after an investigation found the employer allegedly fired an employee with a disability for having a disability and requesting a reasonable accommodation.
Filed in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Administrative Law Judges, the suit against Resource Metrix seeks position reinstatement, back and front pay, interest, retroactive seniority and all other employment benefits for the employee who was terminated eight days after joining the company as an executive administrative assistant in September 2019.
The lawsuit follows a complaint investigation begun on Feb. 20, 2020, by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. OFCCP determined that the former employee indicated on their job application and during an interview with the company’s owner, Cory Ash, and Resource Metrix’s human resources recruiter and coordinator, that they needed an ergonomic chair as a reasonable accommodation due to a disability that caused regular neck pain and difficulty sitting still.
The employee started the job on Sept. 3, 2019, and worked for several days in a non-ergonomic chair. On Sept. 6, the employee informed Resource Metrix that the chair provided had exacerbated their back condition. The employer granted the administrative assistant permission to leave work that day to see a doctor, obtain necessary medical documentation, and...
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