Disability News
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ChenMed, LLC and PMR Virginia Holding, LLC. Pays $200,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit
According to the EEOC's lawsuit, Trudy Jelderks was hired in August 2013 as a market sales manager (MSM) for the Tidewater, VA market. In June 2014, Jelderks was also assigned to cover...
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EEOC Sues KTF Enterprises and Kirker Enterprises for Disability Discrimination
According to the EEOC's suit, after acquiring the Newburgh factory in 2015, the companies withheld reasonable accommodations from employees who needed them. For example, one longtime employee, whose leg is amputated below the knee and who uses a...
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EEOC: Hearing-impaired worker denied accommodation for training videos
Dive Brief:
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Powerlink Facilities Management Services, a Michigan-based management and maintenance services company, for allegedly failing to accommodate an employee with a hearing impairment and firing ...
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Nurse fired for 'tantrum,' not disability or leave request
A charge nurse terminated for unprofessional conduct—she threatened and cursed employees after learning her son had been fired—and after she returned from 25 days of leave, failed to convince a federal district court in Connecticut that her discharge... -
Settlement Agreement: Sandoval County, New Mexico
Party City to Pay $39,000 To Settle EEOC Pregnancy and Disability Discrimination Suit
Party City Corporation has agreed to pay $39,000 in lost wages and damages and to provide other significant relief in order to settle a pregnancy and disability lawsuit filed...
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EEOC Sues Powerlink for Disability Discrimination
Powerlink Facilities Management Services, a Michigan-based management and maintenance services company, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for failing to accommodate a hearing-impaired employee and firing her because of her disability, the federal agency announced today.
According...