There was this one, this one, and now yet another multi-million dollar settlement with the EEOC involving allegations that an employer had an inflexible leave policy. The EEOC announced that Dillard’s had agreed to pay $2 million as part of a consent decree to resolve the agency’s allegations relating to the company’s medical
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Yet Another Multi-Million Dollar ADA Settlement for Alleged “Inflexible Leave” Policy
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
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Add another multi-million dollar settlement notch to the EEOC’s “inflexible leave” belt. The EEOC announced that national trucking company Interstate Distributor Company will pay $4.85 million to resolve a nationwide class disability discrimination lawsuit the EEOC had brought against Interstate.
The lawsuit alleged that Interstate had a policy of terminating employees who needed more than…
Employee Rejects FMLA Leave Offer, Resigns, Claims Employer Denied Him Leave and Failed to Accommodate His Depression
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Sometimes it is unclear whether the employee is requesting leave that might be covered by the FMLA. This is not one of those situations. In Kobus v. The College of St. Scholastica, Inc., when the plaintiff told his supervisor in November 2006 that he would need to take time off for “stress and anxiety,&rdquo…