Wellesley real estate firm comes under fire

A Wellesley real estate management company is coming under fire after a WCVB Channel 5 story aired this week on a longtime employee of the firm who says he was terminated after informing the company his wife had lung cancer and that he’d need to work a different schedule. The company declined to speak with reporters, calling the situation a private personnel matter. Labor experts say small private companies like this are not held to the same employment law standards as larger firms, which means such terminations can be allowed regardless of circumstances.