Settlement Impasse Declared In Suit By Worker Alleging Wrongful Firing After COVID-19

Mealey's (April 12, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT) -- LUFKIN, Texas — Discovery will proceed following unsuccessful settlement talks in a lawsuit brought by a former employee of a Texas nursing home who alleges that she was denied pay and then fired in violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) after taking approximately a month off to recover from COVID-19, a mediator stated in a report filed April 7 in a federal court in Texas....