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MulciberTenebras t1_iu6mluq wrote

>A former COVID-19 compliance supervisor for Dexter: New Blood is suing Paramount Global, alleging she was hindered from doing her job and ultimately fired to keep the production on track.

>In a lawsuit filed on Thursday in New York federal court, Jennifer Lyon says she was excluded from meetings, provided minimal resources and undermined when she raised COVID compliance concerns in an intentional effort to obstruct her attempts to follow virus protocols. While she was told she had far-reaching authority that extended to halting production, she claims she actually had a toothless position with little power.

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JebusJM t1_iu6nm3e wrote

Why did it take her almost 2 years to file a lawsuit?

:EDIT: Instead of downvoting me, how about educating me? Fuck Reddit sometimes.

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DJBarber89 t1_iu6va4k wrote

If you’re going after a company as big as Paramount you better have your entire case finished and ready before filing to sue. Takes a long time.

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Educational_Dealer95 t1_iu7gf8e wrote

You have to file locally in the State for discrimination cases before you can file a federal lawsuit. That takes a lot of time. Especially since all the courts are backed up since COVID.

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MulciberTenebras t1_iu7kl7p wrote

In the meantime, some lower court Trumper judge in the state sided with anti-vaxxers (saying New York has to pay them restituiton and give them back their old jobs if they were fired for refusing to follow Covid guidelines/get vaxxed). So now a higher court has to deal with undoing that bullshit, before a decision can be made in the case of the safety worker suing over conditions.

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NAGDABBITALL t1_iu8d5xg wrote

I believe it only applies to government employees, but you might want to corroborate.

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ZachDigital t1_iu8351g wrote

reddit is great, some people make it shitty

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Mentoman72 t1_iu7mgi1 wrote

I honestly think people downvote or upvote based on whether or not your comments karma is negative or positive. Just need to go along with the rest of the sheep.

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