EEOC Says Company Discriminated Against Woman Over Her Comp Claim

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charges that a nonprofit behavioral health center discriminated against a Florida woman because of her workers' compensation claim. In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Middle District of Florida, EEOC attorneys said the agency found reasonable cause to believe that Aspire Health Partners discriminated against Henrietta Tice, of Orlando. Tice had worked for Aspire, a substance abuse and mental health treatment organization, for almost 20 years, but was not rehired after Aspire in 2018 discovered the 6-year-old comp claim for a sh...