Claim of Bey v. Aramark Healthcare Support Services, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 24, 2004, which ruled that claimant was not discriminated against by the employer in violation of Workers’ Compensation Law § 120.

Following claimant’s failure to provide the employer with medical documentation regarding his absence from work, his employment was terminated. Approximately six months later, claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits, alleging that it was a work-related injury that had kept him from work. After another six months elapsed, claimant filed a discrimination complaint against the…