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She died by suicide after being fired. Her family is suing UW, saying superiors ignored her cries for help. (www.kuow.org)
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[–] colonelp4nic@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

"Jeanne Price said her daughter, who was a new employee, made attempts in July to secure time off, but either didn’t qualify or was told she’d have to wait. Two business days after she notified her supervisors that she planned to apply for disability leave, they fired her."