NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The New York Post was brought to court in New York for alleged labor law and Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) violations.
The complaint was filed by plaintiff Taidgh Barron on April 26 in the New York County Supreme Court. Barron had been a photographer for the Post since September 2019.
According to the plaintiff, the newspaper and the photography supervisor repeatedly denied his requests for personal protective equipment (PPE) to use during the pandemic.
Barron pointed out that the Post was reporting on the severity of the virus as it spread into New York but denied its own employees PPE.
The plaintiff was sent into the public and to hospitals to photograph impacts of the pandemic including morgue construction and homeless people without masks, all while provided with no PPE.
Barron also asked for and was denied civil unrest PPE, including press helmets, vests and eye protection, while covering the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd, according to the complaint.
Barron says he was terminated in retaliation to his repeated requests in July 2020.
The Post is accused of retaliation for whistleblowing. Barron is represented by Rubin Employment Law of New York City.