Attorney Fieger Sued for Discriminating Against Mother of Sick Child

Attorney Geoffrey Fieger, one of Michigan’s most prominent lawyers, refused to let one of his employees work from home to care for her sick child during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new lawsuit.

The woman says human resources approved her request to work remotely for two days, and, that she offered to take unpaid leave if necessary because her son was ill.

But Fieger — who for years has worked from his luxury Caribbean hotel  that he has long referred to as home — wouldn’t budge.  He fired her instead, she says, so she sued the legal giant in federal court.

In an employment dispute, 33-year-old attorney Polina Milman alleges Fieger went out of his way to fire her because she needed to work a few days from home to care for her 2-year-old son. 

Read the source article at Detroit Free Press