Unlike Hepatitis A, Hepatitis C is not transmitted without blood-to-blood contact, meaning that it should not automatically disqualify somebody from food service employment. However, for protection under the ADA, a Hep C infection may not rise to the level of a disability, such that they benefit from ADA protections -- although an infected person may fall under the regarded as disabled provisions, even if not otherwise meeting the criteria of having an ADA disability. The employee should discuss the employer's actions with a plaintiff-side lawyer in the state in which this occurred, to see what job protections may exist under the facts and whether any additional protections exist under state law.
However, if the employee lied and said that they did not have Hepatitis C, the employer may fire the employee for making that false statement. To the extent that the employee might have a claim against the employer, the lie could cut off the employee's ability to recover for any lost income past the date the lie was made to the employer.

