Reasonable Accommodation

A Bojangles’ restaurant violated the discrimination laws when it failed to accommodate a Muslim employee's religious beliefs and then fired him because of his religion, according to a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
According to the EEOC's
discrimination ...

A Taco Bell restaurant in Fayetteville, North Carolina was sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) for terminating an employee who refused to cut his hair because of his Nazirite religious beliefs.
According to the EEOC’s
lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...

A 7-Eleven unlawfully terminated a deaf manager in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Florida Law, according to a jury which awarded $934,000 in damages.
In his discrimination complaint, manager James Soliday alleged that 7-Eleven denied his requests for reasonable accommodations and ...

A nationwide class action lawsuit alleging disability discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) was settled on June 20, 2011 for $1.3 million. The case had been filed by the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) on behalf of disabled employees at ...

A dwarf barista was discriminated against by Starbucks, according to a
lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Texas on May 12, 2011, claims that the barista, who had the physical impairment of ...