Eleanor Slater worker sues RI for ‘grossly negligent’ discrimination, retaliation

Eleanor Slater worker sues RI for ‘grossly negligent’ discrimination, retaliation

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – An Eleanor Slater Hospital employee is accusing the state of workplace discrimination in part because of a decision last year to reinstate a coworker who “stripped her of her responsibility.”  Sharon Sousa, associate director of support services at the state-run hospital, filed the federal lawsuit last week in U.S. District Court of Rhode Island. She’s accusing the R.I. Department of Healthcare, Developmental Disabiliti…