Giant Oil Settles ADA Lawsuit With The EEOC For $190,000
D&H Company, Dodge Brothers, Inc., and Giant Oil Company of Arkansas, Inc., pays $190,000 to settle an Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA")lawsuit. The lawsuit was first filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on behalf of a female worker who had seizures. According to published accounts the company denied the store leader of a reasonable accommodation after she had seizures. What makes matters worst her doctor restricted her from driving so she requested that the employer allow another employee to conduct daily competitor gasoline price surveys while she handled that employee's in-store duties.
Not only did the company not grant the request, they fired her. By not allowing this reasonable accommodation the company violated the law. The request seemed very reasonable and I don't understand why they didn't just grant it. Look at how much money it cost the company to not grant this request.
“The Commission has devoted considerable attention to ensuring compliance with the ADA through the issuance of policy and public attention,” said EEOC attorney Lopez.
