According to The Independent, Douglas Altshuler said it is impossible for it to last more than 35 to 45 minutes without going to the toilet due to gastric discomfort. This means that he should go to the toilet 14 times in an eight -hour shift.
However, the 58 -year -old Altshuler not only was sentenced to disciplinary punishment because his bosses remain in the toilet for longer than they saw, but also in the case file threatened that he would be dismissed if he uses the toilet very often ”.
According to Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, which is not the purpose of profit, people living with Crohn’s disease “usually need to go to the toilet urgently and may experience embarrassing accidents when they cannot meet their needs”.
Altshuler claims that his complaint was rejected on the grounds that his complaint was “unfounded” after discussing this problem with management and presenting a doctor’s report that explains his discomfort. When Altshuler objected to the indifference shown in physical health, he claims that he was dismissed for alleged “lack of performance”.
Altshuler’s case also targets SpaceX’s business and security practices owned by Elon Musk, and accuses the company of not giving appropriate food breaks, cutting off its salary, exposing it to poisonous chemicals. In addition, in an incident that he reported to both the state and the federal authorities, he claims that he sees that industrial parts were dried in the kitchen oven where employees cook their meals ”.
Clive Pontusson, the former hearing lawyer of the US Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, represents Altshuler in the case. Pontusson said SpaceX was “legal responsibility için to adapt to employees’ disability.
In the case of SpaceX spokesman and Altshuler, the lawyer defended the company, did not respond to requests for comments.
Altshuler, according to the complaint, began to work at SpaceX in June 2023. On the Redmond campus, there is a factory where components are installed for the SpaceX unit Starlink, which offers mobile wide band service through a satellite network sent to orbit with the company’s rockets.
The complaint said that Altshuler’s supervisor has gone well until the beginning of 2024, but since then, Altshuler began to follow the toilet breaks and criticized him many times because he used the toilet.
The complaint said that Altshuler’s supervisor presents a letter written by his doctor who demands a reasonable arrangement due to Crohn’s disease, that is to use a toilet every 35 to 45 minutes. The complaint said that the supervisor acknowledges that Altshuler is a legitimate obstacle and that he assured him that he would never restrict the use of toilets ”.
Justification for dismissal
However, according to Altshuler, this fragile peace did not last long. The complaint is claimed to write a negative report if the supervisor began to watch the toilet breaks again and gets away from Altshuler’s desk for more than 10 minutes. The complaint said that Altshuler went to his boss’s boss to report this situation.
The complaint said that the tops of their superiors want and subshuler sent them by e-mail. However, the tops are claimed to have a “mixed response”.
According to the complaint, SpaceX dismissed Altshuler after a while because of “insufficient performance ..
In the complaint, Altshuler reported that many complaints to SpaceX “discrimination, retaliation and security problems, demand for reasonable arrangement and demand for compensation for workers”.
Altshuler is currently demanding non -disability, retaliation, non -retaliation, non -dismissal, unjust dismissal and negligence of disability, unjust dismissal and negligence for disability, unjust disability, unjust dismissal and negligence for a amount to be determined by the jury.
