COVID-19 DISABILITY & RETALIATION LAWSUIT
The EEOC filed two COVID-19 lawsuits alleging that a pharmacy discriminated against employees with disabilities that rendered them vulnerable to serious illness if they contracted COVID-19. The two employers took different approaches to the virus, but both ran afoul of... Read More →
Deaf Discrimination Lawsuit Settled
SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET TO PAY $280,0000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUITS Grocery Store Chain Settles Claims of Discrimination Based on Failure to Hire Deaf Applicants Sprouts Farmers Market settled claims for disability discrimination against deaf employees for deaf discrimination and... Read More →
FEDEX $3.3 Million ADA Settlement
FEDEX GROUND TO PAY $3.3 MILLION TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT Consent Decree Requires Accommodations for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Package Handlers FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. will pay $3.3 million and provide programmatic relief to resolve a... Read More →
ACME RESOLVES DISABILITY CLAIM
EEOC SETTLEMENT OF DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION CLAIM Malvern, Pennsylvania based ACME Markets, Inc., a supermarket chain that operates 164 stores in Pennsylvania and five other states, will pay $60,000 and provide significant equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination charge filed... Read More →
Police Officer Sues Bristol
Former Officer Sues Bristol, Claims He Was Wrongfully Terminated & Harassed Tom Sofield March 7, 2020 File photo A former Bristol Borough police officer is suing the municipality and several officials. Officer Justin Gross has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit... Read More →
$5.2M ADA Verdict Against Walmart
Jury Awards $5.2 Million Against Walmart in EEOC ADA Disability Discrimination Case Jury Finds Retail Giant Suspended and Failed to Accommodate Longtime Deaf Employee With Visual Impairment MADISON, Wis. – Late yesterday, a jury determined that Walmart violated federal law... Read More →
Pregnancy & Disability Suit
DOODYCALLS SUED FOR PREGNANCY AND DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION Pet Waste Removal Company Fired Pregnant Worker, Federal Agency Charges The Virginia based DoodyCalls, a leading pet waste removal company, violated federal law when it fired a pregnant worker because of her pregnancy and... Read More →
Disability Suit Settled
PROTOCALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. TO PAY $31,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT AT THE EEOC LEVEL Energy Company Fired Employee Because She Has Dyslexia, Federal Agency Charged Protocall Communications, Inc., a company that markets energy price protection in eight states, will... Read More →
MACY’S TO PAY $75,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT
MACY’S TO PAY $75,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT Retailer Refused to Excuse Asthmatic Employee’s One-Day Absence and Fired Her, Federal Agency Charged Macy’s will pay a former long-term employee $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the... Read More →
Lowe’s Settles ADA Lawsuit
LOWE’S HOME CENTERS TO PAY $55,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC, a nationwide chain of home improvement and hardware stores, will pay $55,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by... Read More →
Cheesecake Factory Subject to Disability Discrimination (ADA)
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY TO PAY $15,000 TO SETTLE EEOC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SUIT Federal Agency Says Restaurant Changes That Result From Suit Will Benefit Deaf Employees SEATTLE —The Cheesecake Factory and its wholly owned subsidiary will pay $15,000 and implement... Read More →