She says she reported her supervisor to HR five times before losing her job

An Eli Lilly employee says the company fired her the same afternoon it approved her accommodation to keep working from home.

A former Eli Lilly employee has sued the drugmaker in federal court in Indiana. Her complaint, filed July 1, 2026, will resonate with any HR leader handling a performance plan, a medical leave and a discrimination complaint about the same worker at once.

The worker, whom the filing describes as a Caucasian former internal coach, alleges the company discriminated and retaliated against her over her race and a disability, and punished her for taking medical leave.

Here is the sequence she describes. She started at Eli Lilly in February 2022. In September 2023, according to the complaint, her supervisor placed her on a 90-day performance improvement plan for "failure to communicate effectively and failure to complete tasks timely." A final written warning followed in April 2024, based on a coworker complaint.

That is where her account turns. The filing says a colleague she consulted did not think the matter should have been escalated and told the supervisor it had been handled. The worker also alleges that coworkers who had supposedly complained about her denied doing so and, according to the complaint, told her the supervisor "was trying to fire you and he's looking for information."

In May 2024, the complaint says, she reported to HR that she believed her supervisor was...

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