Whether Respondent, ECO Home and Health Services Group Home, owned and operated by ECO Home and Health Services, LLC (“Respondent” or “ECO Home”), committed the violations of the applicable statutes and rules alleged in the Administrative Complaint; and, if so, what is the appropriate sanction.The Agency failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the group home operator pepper sprayed a resident of the home on either occasion alleged in the Administrative Complaint.
Did Respondent, Universal City Development Partners (Universal), discharge Petitioner, Kevin D. Fischer, because of his age? Did Respondent, Universal City Development Partners (Universal), discharge Petitioner, Kevin D. Fischer, because of a handicap or a perception that he had a handicap?Petitioner/employee did not present persuasive credible evidence that Respondent/employer discharged him because of his age, a handicap, or a perception that he had a handicap.
The issue to be resolved in this proceeding concern whether the Petitioner was terminated from employment with the Respondent because of his race. The Petitioner alleges that the Respondent discriminated against him by engaging in disparate treatment and retaliation, in violation of Section 760.10, Florida Statutes (2007).Recommend that the Petition for Relief be denied in its entirety.
