Friday, July 11, 2014

America's Largest Drug Store Chain to Pay $180,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit

Press Release
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
July 2, 2014

South San Francisco Walgreens Fired Longtime Employee With Diabetes Over a $1.39 Bag of Chips, Federal Agency Charged

SAN FRANCISCO - Drugstore giant Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a longtime employee with diabetes and to implement revised policies and training to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.

Full Story: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/7-2-14b.cfm

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