A Holiday Inn manager in Nebraska was fired after he checked himself into hospital for treatment of depression, a federal agency lawsuit claimed

• A Holiday Inn manager was fired after checking himself into hospital for treatment of depression, the EEOC alleged.
• The worker, a GM at a hotel in Nebraska, was fired hours before being discharged, the EEOC said.
• The hotel's owners will now pay the former worker $100,000 to settle the claims.

The general manager at a Holiday Inn in Omaha, Nebraska was fired after he checked himself into hospital for treatment of depression, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.