TALLAHASSEE - The Florida Department of Health is accused of wrongfully discriminating against an employee for her decision to get pregnant and have children, according to documents now in Tallahassee federal court.
Plaintiff Shantrice Greene originally sued last year in Leon County Circuit Court, but defendants on March 19 removed the case to federal court.
Greene worked as a senior pharmacist for the defendant from 2014 to 2019. During that time, Greene says she was discriminated against and subjected to unfair, disparate conditions of employment and treatment for her decision to become pregnant and take the maternity leave she was legally entitled to under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
Greene says her employers contacted her so much with harassing phone calls during her medical leave that she entered postpartum depression, requiring additional medical treatment. In retaliation to her voicing her concerns about being contacted while on protective leave, the Department of Health allegedly cleaned out her desk and terminated her.
The defendant is charged with pregnancy/gender discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation, public whistleblower retaliation and FMLA violation.
Greene is represented by Marie A. Mattox PA of Tallahassee.