The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against AT&T in Ohio after an OSHA investigation found that the company suspended 13 workers because they reported injuries.
The suit alleges that in 13 separate incidents, employees of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company, which operates as AT&T, were disciplined and given one- to three-day unpaid suspensions for reporting injuries that occurred on the job. The company claimed that each employee violated a corporate workplace safety standard; however, OSHA determined that the suspensions were a result of workers reporting their injuries. The injuries occurred between 2011 and 2013.