Office mandate | AstraZeneca refused to pay full bonus to U.S. remote worker, lawsuit claims

Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca is being sued over claims it refused to pay a worker nearly $130,000 in promised bonuses because she worked from home.

As reported by Reuters, Elmarie Bodes, who was AstraZeneca's senior director of business transformation until January, said in the lawsuit filed in South Carolina state court on Tuesday that she was owed a $124,000 performance bonus and $65,000 in stock options.

Instead, AstraZeneca earlier this year cut her payout in half and refused to grant any stock options because she did not come into the office at least three days per week, according to the lawsuit.

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AstraZeneca, which is based in London and has U.S. headquarters in Delaware, did not immediately respond to a Reutets request for comment.