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EEOC Says Retail Giant Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Employee With Intellectual Disability and Cerebral Palsy

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal  Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed a discrimination lawsuit  against national retailer Target Stores, Inc. for unlawfully denying a reasonable  accommodation to an employee with multiple disability-based impairments and  substantially reducing his work hours due to the medical conditions. The disabled worker could not effectively  communicate with others without the assistance of a job

SEATTLE — Payday lending chain Cottonwood Financial, Ltd.,  which does business as The Cash Store, refused to accommodate a manager with  bipolar disorder at its store in Walla    Walla, Wash., and  unlawfully fired him due to his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

The EEOC’s suit  (EEOC v. Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., CV-09-5073-EFS)  charged that the company refused to accommodate store manager Sean Reilly’s need

EEOC Settles Suit for Long-Time NFL Trainer Fired Because of Epilepsy

ST. LOUIS  -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the  settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis Rams,  the city’s National Football League (NFL) team, for $134,000 and important remedial  relief on behalf of Ron DuBuque, a long-term employee with a seizure disorder.

Under the terms of the consent decree, filed today  for approval in the U.S. District

Go-Kart Company Refused to Discuss Accommodation for Employee's Cystic Fibrosis, Federal Agency Charged

SEATTLE – K1 Speed, Inc., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based go-kart racing operation, will provide $50,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit charging that the company refused to accommodate an employee with cystic fibrosis and fired him from its facility in Redmond, Wash., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today. 

Utah Duplication Company Fired Employee Because of His Parkinson's Disease, Federal Agency Charged

DENVER – A Salt Lake City-based media duplication company will pay $65,000 to a former employee and furnish other injunctive relief in a consent decree to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

According to the EEOC's lawsuit, EEOC v. CDI Media, Inc., No. 2-07-CV-00695-DS, CDI Media failed to provide

Company Unlawfully Fired Employee With End Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Says

MIAMI – Aveva Drug Delivery Systems, Inc., a  Miramar, Fla.-based transdermal patch manufacturer, violated federal law when  it fired an employee because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today.

According to the EEOC’s suit, EEOC v. Aveva Drug Delivery System, Inc.,  Case No. 09-CV-61172-DIMITROULEAS/SNOW, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern 

Charter School Provider Fired Woman Because of Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Federal Agency Charges

DETROIT – A Detroit provider of charter school education and related education services violated federal law by firing an employee because of her breast cancer, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

According to the EEOC's suit (EEOC v. Evans Solutions, Inc., Case No. 2:09CV13016) filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District

EEOC Says Loan Clerk Fired After Objecting to Medical Exam Demanded by Employer Because of Husband's Condition, Federal Agency Charges

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced a disability discrimination lawsuit against an Aransas Pass, Texas-based personal loan company for terminating an employee because of her relationship with her husband, who had a medical condition, and because the employer regarded her as being disabled.

EEOC Charged Food Service Giant Discriminated Against Disabled Workers

INDIANAPOLIS – Food service giant AVI Foodsystems, Inc. (AVI) will pay more than $90,000 and offer jobs to discrimination victims to settle a class disability discrimination suit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.

The EEOC charged in its suit (Case no. 2:09-cv-00656-JDH-MRA), filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District

Restaurant Fired Server for Perceived Disability, Association with Disabled Son

MIAMI – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit in federal court announced today that a steak and seafood restaurant in Manalapan, Fla., violated federal law by discriminating against a female food server it regarded as being disabled and because of her relationship to a person with a disability.

According to the

EEOC Said Employer Fired Woman Battling Breast Cancer When She Attempted to Return to Work

BALTIMORE -- A White Marsh, Md., medical practice will pay for $125,000  and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a disability discrimination  lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employ­ment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the  agency announced today. The EEOC had  charged that Medical Health Group, Inc., refused to return an employee to work  who had recovered from breast cancer surgery.

According 

EEOC Says Frozen Food Distributor Refused to Hire Temporary Employee on Permanent Basis

COVINGTON, Ky. – Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc., a Kentucky area frozen food distributor, violated federal law by refusing to hire a qualified applicant for a job because of his vision impairment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a disability discrimination lawsuit announced today.

According to the EEOC's suit, Ernest

OPM Director, EEOC Acting Chairman to Make Presentations

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment  Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its annual federal sector EXCEL  (Examining Conflicts in Employment Law) conference from July 26 to 30 at the  New Orleans Marriott Hotel.  EXCEL is the premier  national federal sector law conference and the most comprehensive of its  kind examining contemporary equal employment opportunity issues and other  workplace topics.  The multi-day  interactive and educational program features eight plenary sessions

Temp Agency Reserved Certain Jobs for Men Only, EEOC Charged

BOSTON -- National employment agency chain Preferred Labor LLC, doing business as Preferred People Staffing, has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.  Preferred Labor agreed to settle the lawsuit after selling its entire temporary day labor business to another employment agency. 

Supervisors at Downtown Chicago Hotel Harassed, Then Fired Worker, Federal Agency Charged

CHICAGO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Swissotel will pay $90,000 under a consent decree entered by the federal district court here to resolve a harassment and wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the EEOC on behalf of a developmentally disabled adult. 

The EEOC charged in its

A&A Contracting Fired Worker Regarded as Being Disabled, Federal Agency Charges

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today filed suit against A&A Contracting, a St. Louis construction company, charging that the company violated federal law by firing one of its permanent construction workers because it regarded him as disabled.

In its suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, the EEOC charges that A&A Contracting terminated Rickie

Construction Company Refused to Hire Equipment Operator With Diabetes, Federal Agency Charges

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – A large Pennsylvania construction company violated federal civil rights law when it rescinded a conditional job offer to an applicant because it learned that he has diabetes, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it announced today.

The EEOC charged in its lawsuit that Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. made a conditional offer of employment as an

EEOC Settles ADA Suit with Federally Funded Housing Complex in New York

BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Starrett City, Inc., a federally funded housing complex in Brooklyn, will pay $70,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. 

Starrett City refused to promote Ryan Burrowes to a permanent position of operating mechanic because he has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), a form

Federal Agency Says Company Unlawfully Fired Employees Who Needed Medical Leave

CHICAGO – Beverage Solutions, Inc., a Chicago-area beverage distribution company, violated federal law by refusing to reasonably accommodate the needs of one of its employees who needed medical leave, and firing her, because of her disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit it filed today. 

According to the EEOC, Pamela Stokes, who worked as a customer service

Judge Rejects Department of Developmental Services' Protective Order Request

LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) today announced that federal Magistrate Judge Sandra M.  Snyder has issued a court order requiring that the Department of Developmental  Services (DDS) not interfere with the EEOC’s investigation of the California state agency,  which provides services and support to persons with developmental disabilities. DDS allegedly threatened witnesses with  criminal prosecution if they cooperated with the EEOC’s

Retail Giant Punished Worker for Back Impairment, EEOC Charges

NORFOLK,  Va. – National retail giant Kmart  Corporation violated federal law by firing an employee because of his disability,  the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit  filed yesterday under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) on behalf of a  former worker who uses an assistive walking device.

The EEOC’s  suit, filed in he U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

New Regulations Would Make it Easier for People to Establish Disability Under ADA

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted today to revise its regulations to conform to changes made by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA) of 2008, which would make it easier for an individual seeking protection under the ADA to establish that he or she has a disability.

The Commission voted 2-1 to adopt the rules changes, at a public

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold its next public meeting on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at 10 a.m. (Eastern Time), at agency headquarters, 131 M St, NE, Washington, DC.  In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.

The following matters are scheduled for consideration during the open session of the meeting:

• Announcement

EEOC Says Airline Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Disabled Workers

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today sued Chicago-based global air carrier United Airlines for discriminating against a class of employees with disabilities by failing to provide job transfers to vacant positions, despite their qualifications, as a reasonable accommodation.

Lead class member Joe Boswell worked as an airline mechanic for United at