A Brooklyn federal jury has ordered National Grid to pay approximately $3.1 million to two former dispatchers after they were requests to work from home were denied.
The ex-employees, Luciano Russo and George Messiha, argued that their productivity increased while working from home during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. But in June 2022, National Grid ended its home-based schedules for New Yorkers.
Russo suffers from severe back problems and diabetes. Messiha underwent hip surgery and is reliant on a cane, the New York Post reported…