A local mom is now suing her former employer after she said they fired her for taking maternity leave. Alana Curatola worked as an optometrist for Northwest Eye Surgeons for five years, primarily at its Renton clinic.
A local mom is now suing her former employer after she said they fired her for taking maternity leave . Alana Curatola worked as an optometrist for Northwest Eye Surgeons for five years, primarily at its Renton clinic. She told KIRO 7 that she took approved maternity for 18 weeks and the day she was supposed to return to work, she was terminated.
She said management sent her a message asking her to come to a meeting that day to discuss “overpayment while she was on leave,” however, Curatola said, that wasn’t the case at all, and she was fired. “I was not expecting this in the least,” she said. “I didn’t have any performance issues going into the maternity leave, I had repeated positive performance reviews throughout my time there, there was no indication.” The lawsuit states that NWES told her they fired her “without cause” and then later added that she had “mistreated coworkers.” However, multiple messages and notes from coworkers say otherwise.One former coworker wrote, “They lost a great doctor and it’s definitely their los
Mom Suing Former Employer Firing Maternity Leave Optometrist Northwest Eye Surgeons Renton Clinic
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