LabCorp Worker Alleges Discrimination In Federal Lawsuit

An employee at a North Carolina-based health diagnostics company has filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court.

Dwayne Muhammed has worked as a technologist at the Laboratory Corporation of America, or LabCorp, since 2007.

He says in a lawsuit that the company discriminated against him because of his race and passed him over for a raise because he complained to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

According to The Times-News of Burlington, Muhammad says he received a written reprimand for insubordination after a supervisor said he refused to make new controls for a test when he'd done so. Muhammad said the same supervisor told him his job was not to be logical or analyze, but "to obey."

After filing his complaint, Muhammad said he was passed over for a $1,000-per-year raise. Muhammad is black. The supervisors identified in the lawsuit are white.

A LabCorp spokeswoman said Friday the company doesn't comment on pending litigation.