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Woman Alleges She Was Fired by IT Firm While on COVID Medical Leave

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By City News Service on April 14, 2023 Local news
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LOS ANGELES – A 41-year-old woman is suing an information technology company, alleging she was wrongfully fired in 2021 and falsely accused of abandoning her job while she was on medical leave as she and her double-transplant husband dealt with the coronavirus.

Jasleena Kaur’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against TPx Communications includes allegations of discrimination, whistleblower retaliation, harassment and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Kaur seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.

A TPx representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit filed April 12.

Kaur was hired as a customer care representative in 2003 and by 2011 she had been promoted to account management, according to the suit, which further states she earned multiple employment awards over time.

Kaur’s husband received heart and kidney transplants in 2017 at a UCLA hospital, where he remained for 41 days, the suit states. She continued to work, even from her spouse’s hospital bedside, and she also attended company meetings during that time, the suit states.

In September 2017, Kaur and one of her account managers closed the first large managed services deal for the company and received acknowledgment from former Gov. Pete Wilson, the suit states.

But in July 2018, Kaur, along with several other employees, filed a Labor Board dispute for unpaid commission which the workers won, a victory the plaintiff believes led to the company CEO retaliating by failing to promote her to a director-level role, the suit states.

TPx was acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC in February 2020, the suit states. Kaur attended a company meeting that month, then became ill with the coronavirus, the suit states.

“After contracting COVID-19, she continued to work remotely, but was severely ill, as she was also asthmatic and bedridden as a result of the coronavirus,” according to the suit, which further states that her spouse also was sickened with COVID-19 and was hospitalized.

Kaur’s symptoms severely worsened and she eventually acquired long- haul COVID-19, but she kept working, the suit states.

Even when Kaur went on medical leave in January of 2021 and her doctor extended her time off through July of that year, she continued to receive calls from work, the suit states.

A regional human resources manager told Kaur, “No one is supposed to be reaching out to you when you are on a medical leave of absence. It’s the law. And by them reaching out, it is considered partial harassment,” according to the suit.

But to Kaur’s “surprise and deep dismay,” the next communication she received from TPx was an April 2021 letter terminating her and accusing her of abandoning her job, the suit states.

Kaur believes other TPx employees on medical leave at the same time also lost their jobs. She says she will continue to experience financial losses and suffer emotional distress because of her termination.

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