Image: www.cheatsheet.comAn Amazon worker with Crohn's disease plans to sue after being fired.
A man is suing his former employer Amazon after he was terminated from a Kentucky US call centre for what his supervisor said was “time theft”.
The main cause of that time theft? “Excessive bathroom breaks”.
Nicolas Stover, who has been diagnosed with painful Crohn’s disease, received the involuntary termination letter on December 21, 2017.
And he believes the company has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act with “unyielding and inhuman policies regarding bathroom access”.
Because of the disease, Mr Stover says he was forced to use the bathroom more often than other employees, causing him to be consistently reprimanded.
“Episodes of symptoms of Crohn’s disease can occur without warning and can require urgent response, including the immediate need for bathroom facilities,” Mr Stover says in the 18-page complaint.
In legal documents filed on February 15 this year, Mr Stover is seeking $US3 million (€2.6M) in damages for lost wages and a “significant amplification of the symptoms” of Crohn’s disease.
At the Kentucky call centre, employees are given an hour of mealtime, two 15-minute breaks and 20 minutes a week of personal time, says Mr Stover.
An Amazon spokesman said the company didn’t comment on pending legal matters.
