Verizon Settles A Disability Discrimination Employment Suit For US$20 Millions

The US EEOC announced that telecommunications company Verizon settled a disability discrimination lawsuit. The suit alleged that Verizon unlawfully denied reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilites Act (ADA) for hundreds of its employees. They settled for US$20,000,000. That seems like a great win. Yet there's a part of me that is really worried about [...]

On July 7 2011, 9:07am | via accessibility.net.nz