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Commission finds reasonable grounds for retaliation claim but not for discrimination in Abbott termination case
Summary
After a contested hearing, the Maine Human Rights Commission rejected the discrimination claim against Abbott Laboratories but found reasonable grounds that Samuel Losingu (Losingu) was retaliated against related to his efforts to secure Ramadan accommodations for employees.
The commission heard a workplace discrimination and retaliation appeal from complainant Samuel Losingu (spelled variously in the record). Attorney David Weber for the complainant urged the panel to focus on contemporaneous employer documents: a termination worksheet listed an entry dated March 30, 2022, saying HR had emailed supervisors directions about managing employees observing Ramadan and that Losingu failed to follow those directions. Weber argued the worksheet’s placement and language made that March 30 note a causal factor in the termination.
Weber told the commission that the employer had not produced a copy of the referenced HR email and contended…
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