Many of Miller’s allegations against the dealership revolve around what the suit describes as a failure and delays in allowing him to take requested paternity and family medical leave to care for his spouse in the months after she gave birth to twins in November. But the complaint also alleges that as COVID-19 began to spread in the region, the dealership “encouraged [employees] to continue carrying on business as usual.”
Among the operating practices that continued, the suit says, was allowing sales employees to take test drives with consumers without masks or gloves. The complaint also alleges that “surfaces were not being cleaned” and that the dealership “failed to properly sanitize cars before, during and after their use.”
The complaint alleges that after raising concerns with store management about its pandemic operating protocols, and being permitted to take a temporary leave to care for his wife and children, Miller was notified that he had been terminated April 22 when he…
