The Scooter Store will pay $99,000 to an employee whose disability it failed to accommodate, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The company, a national retailer, refused to give an employee with psoriatic arthritis time off work and fired him. EEOC sued on his behalf alleging that the employer failed to accommodate his disability and fired him in retaliation for his request.
The Scooter Store and EEOC eventually entered into a settlement agreement. Among the requirements of the agreement was monetary relief.
The company also must modify its leave policy and implement anti-discrimination training.
“Employees with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodation in a workplace,” said the commission’s New York district director, Kevin Berry, in a press release.
“The EEOC will seek full relief against employers who refuse to provide reasonable accommodations to eligible employees,” he warned.
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