Worker Lawsuit Alleges Violation of COVID-19 Sick Leave Law After She Was Terminated

While employer and insurance groups have urged virus-sickened workers to utilize the sick leave provided by new federal COVID-19 laws — and avoid filing workers' compensation claims — a federal lawsuit in Florida contends that's not working out so well. Tracey Graham, an embroiderer at a company that makes protective clothing for medical workers, alleges she was fired after she fell ill from what she feared was the coronavirus. She should have been afforded time off as required by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that Congress passed in March, reads the complain...