Discrimination Lawsuit

From the news item, "One woman alleges that she was told by a senior manager at BioReference that she was not allowed to become pregnant within her first year at the job, and suffered an injury working while attempting to hide her pregnancy out of fear of losing her job."

If the job and the working conditions were so bad, why did the women fear losing her job?

Well back in the day....not that long ago, our firm was often hit with new employees hiding their pregnancies so as be able to have insurance, medical treatment and hospital deliveries.

It wasn't just the poor support staff. One colleague of mine was a bona fide heiress from the Midwest with a husband who was struggling to find a job. She spent 9 months somehow wearing the same ever tighter suit.

Some folks will always take advantage. I wonder, does our society train them not to? Is it necessary? How often have I heard that one is stupid not to take advantage of loopholes? I walk only in my shoes, not theirs, and, in my case, I wouldn't do it. Just sayin. Miami

I would just add that when comparing DGX and LH to BRL I would keep in mind how much of the growth is organic vs purchased. 

He goes on to say, referencing organic growth further:

Now I'll review our segment performance, beginning with Diagnostics. Revenue for the quarter was $2.8 billion, an increase of 62% compared to last year, driven by COVID testing of 54.5% and base business growth of 7.5%. The base business growth was primarily driven by organic growth of 6.3%, which includes the negative impact of weather of approximately 2%. Relative to the first quarter of 2019, the compounded annual growth rate for the base business revenue was 2.7% and was primarily due to organic growth. Total volume increased 27.3% over last year, primarily due to organic volume growth of 26.6%. The increase in organic volume was due to the contribution from COVID testing volumes of 27.9%, partially offset by a reduction in organic base business of 1.3%, which was negatively impacted by weather of approximately 2%. As a reminder, we do not include hospital lab management agreements in our volume, which would have added approximately 1.3% to organic base business volume growth.
Price/mix increased 34.7% over last year, driven by COVID testing of 26.6% and a favorable mix in the organic base business of 7.5%, which was primarily due to higher test per accession.
Diagnostics adjusted operating income for the quarter was $992 million or 36% of revenue compared to $254 million or 14.9% last year. The increase in adjusted operating income and margin was primarily due to COVID testing, organic base business demand and LaunchPad savings, partially offset by higher personnel costs. Diagnostics 3-year LaunchPad initiative remains on track to deliver approximately $200 million of net savings by the end of 2021.

What is my point? Well, yes, we must distinguish organic growth from that due to acquisitions when looking at our competitors' business mix.

But while some of the references to organic growth in the above excerpts of LH & DGX's Q1 earnings can be a touch confusing, there are at least several mentions wherein an investor can put together a fairly accurate, and complete, picture.

Now, ponder this. I just searched for the word "organic" in Opko's Q1 teleconference transcript. Number of times it appears? Zero.

Does it tell anyone anything when this is not a lawsuit?  But a COMPLAINT with what is probably a highly politicized organization?

"The six women, who were hired to draw blood from patients for medical testing, are represented by The Legal Aid Society, the non-profit legal organization that filed the complaints with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against BioReference."

This is NOT a lawsuit entered in the court, which says something to me.  Could it go there?  Sure.

From what I read here...likely attempting to piggy-back on the Lee suit, which from my latest reading appears to be a big waste of time for the courts.  

Or perhaps I am discounting too much this lofty commission...