Former VP of CVS Health Sues the Company for Allegedly Breaching Severance Agreement

A former senior vice president at CVS Health who helped oversee the pharmacy chain’s pandemic response is suing his ex-employer, accusing the company of illegally reneging on his severance agreement and scapegoating him as a publicity move amid a sexual harassment scandal.

Emmanuel Kolady sued CVS Pharmacy Inc., CVS Health Corp. and other CVS entities last week in U.S. District Court, alleging that the company breached its severance agreement with him, violated wage laws in his home state of Pennsylvania and arbitrarily and capriciously denied his benefits claims in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.

Kolady started with the pharmacy giant in September 2014 as a regional manager based in Florida, according to his LinkedIn profile. He continued to rise through ranks until being named senior vice president in charge of stores in 2019, a role in which he oversaw more than 5,000 CVS stores, 100,000-plus employees, and about $40 million in total revenue. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kolady oversaw CVS’s COVID testing unit.

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