HUNTINGTON – A man is suing Res-Care after he claims his employment was wrongfully terminated.
Cledith Wayne Halstead was employed by Res-Care for more than 20 years and was notified on July 28 that he was being terminated from his employment as a program manager, according to a complaint originally filed in Cabell Circuit Court and removed to federal court April 18.
Halstead claims when he was terminated, other younger, less qualified and less experienced employees were kept and he was replaced with a younger, less-experienced female employee.
At the time of his terminated, the 11 employees composing the management of Res-Care were all female, according to the suit.
Halstead claims he was 59 years old when his employment was terminated and that the stated reason for his terminated was pre-textual.
The plaintiff’s age and sex were factors in the defendant’s decision to terminated the plaintiff’s employment, according to the suit.
Res-Care violated the West Virginia Human Rights Act when it terminated Halstead’s employment, according to the suit.
Halstead is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. He is represented by Richard W. Walters of Shaffer & Shaffer.
Res-Care is represented by Suleiman Oko-ogua and Adam K. Strider of Bailey & Wyant.
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia case number: 3:18-cv-00586