A New York computer salesman with bladder problems had to urinate so much after a work dinner in February that he relieved himself in the lobby of his hotel. Fired, he sued his employer Lenovo.
In a complaint filed Friday in a New York court and consulted by AFP, Richard Becker, 66 years old and a resident of the Long Island Peninsula, “is demand a trial by jury” and is seeking $1.5 million from the American subsidiary of the Chinese computer giant. .
Unusual to say the least, this lawsuit published Friday night by the tabloid New York Post includes “discrimination based on disability in violation of human rights laws” in New York.
According to the account given in the complaint by his lawyer Alexander Sakin, Richard Becker was overcome one night in February by an irresistible urge to sew while returning from dinner which Lenovo organized, 800 meters from his Westin hotel, near the famous Times Square intersection in Manhattan.
“Frustrated” by the urge, “Mr. Becker then carefully removes himself on the floor (of the hotel lobby) before he can reach the toilet in time,” the person admitted – law
However, in the middle of urination, the sixty-year-old man was caught in the act by a colleague who, “out of sheer malice and malice, told human resources, although that Mr. Becker’s behavior had not harmed anyone”, he said. I said Sakin.
“Within days, Mr. Becker was fired by his employer after a bogus ‘investigation’ by human resources that didn’t even question him” even though the incident had “no impact on his professional performance or business” Lenovo,” he said. a defender
His client has been unemployed since February.
According to the court document, Lenovo was aware of Mr. Becker’s bladder problems, which he says he has suffered since 2016, which are treated by a urologist and legally considered a disability, which he hired it in 2022.
The attorney concluded that “Lenovo’s actions violate the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of disability contained in the human rights laws of the State and the City of New York.”
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2024-08-24 01:00:42
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