Former ALS worker lodges complaints

Posted on October 31, 2018

In a complaint filed with the Florida Commission on Human Relations (FCHR), a former employee of AMTEC Less-Lethal (ALS) claims she was fired in retaliation for complaining about sexual harrassment, in addition to alleging she warned supervisors of unsafe working conditions months before a Sept. 14 explosion that later claimed the lives of two fellow employees.

In the Oct. 16 complaint filed with the FCHR – the state agency tasked by the Florida Legislature with addressing discrimination issues — former ALS employee Jackie Hendry claims she was terminated after objecting to repeated sexual harassment by her supervisor at the local manufacturing and training facility.

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