Manawat hypothetically said by wanting answers like: “What if you do in fact minimize your-self?” and “What about if our clients know?” What if our customers find out?’ .
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According to the lawsuit, the unnamed employee told his supervisor, Maria Manawat, about his HIV roughly two weeks after he was hired at an Indiana Subway restaurant in January of this year, WTHR reports.
The federal government’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has brought a wrongful termination suit against the location.
The man’s manager allegedly responded by asking “What if you cut yourself?” and “What if our customers find out?”
Manawat then said she would need to discuss the matter with Subway’s district manager, according to the lawsuit. On February 14th, his supervisor informed him that the franchise manager felt that he could pose a liability to the company, and terminated his employment.
He contacted the EEOC with the complaint. And the release of an employee based on discrimination violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Firing an employee because they disclose they are living with HIV is unlawful.
The latest scandal follows the controversy surrounding former company spokesman Jared Fogle agreed to plead guilty to allegations he paid for sex acts with girls as young as 16 and had received child pornography.
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The Subway franchise is in Sheridan, Indiana.
