A jury has ordered Total Quality Logistics to pay $22.5 million in a wrongful-death lawsuit after the company denied a pregnant employee’s request to work from home despite doctors’ orders, raising questions about workers' rights to work remotely.
The woman gave birth prematurely, and the baby died.
The case highlights growing tension over remote‑work requests as more employers push for full-time returns to the office after the COVID-19 pandemic.
New York City-based LabQ Clinical Diagnostics LLC and others must defend against the US government’s claims they violated the False Claims Act by improperly billing for covid-19 tests, a federal d...