Federal officials have sued the operator of a hotel in Waller, Texas, after it fired an employee who sought medical help after being exposed to carbon monoxide and reported the incident.
According to U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s lawsuit, in January 2019, a worker at a Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel in Waller alerted their employer that exposure to carbon monoxide made them ill and asked the employer to call an ambulance. In addition to refusing the worker’s request, the employer allegedly threatened to terminate the employee.
After going to the hospital, the worker was terminated, OSHA said.
Following an investigation on the employee’s behalf, OSHA filed the lawsuit alleging that the hotel’s operator, All Seasons Hospitality and Investments LLC and its owner, Tanvir Shahmohd fired the employee for engaging in protected activity, in violation of federal law.
Filed on March 25, 2021, the department’s suit asks the court to order the defendants to comply with the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s anti-retaliation provisions, reinstate the employee, expunge the employee’s personnel record and pay the employee back wages, interest, compensatory and punitive damages and other remedies.
The lawsuit is Walsh v. All Seasons Hospitality and Investments, LLC, et al.
Source: OSHA
Topics Lawsuits Texas Workers' Compensation
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