Construction Company Failed to Provide Disability Accommodation and Discriminated and Retaliated Against Employee, Federal Agency Charges
JACKSON, Miss. – Singley Construction Company, Inc., a Columbia, Mississippi-based company specializing in environmental and remediation services, violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s disability and then retaliated against her for requesting accommodation and filing a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency charged in a lawsuit filed on July 31.
The EEOC charged that Singley refused to accommodate its office manager’s end-stage renal disease. Specifically, the agency alleged, Singley denied the employee’s request to perform continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) on Singley’s premises so that she could maintain her full-time work schedule. According to the EEOC, this denial forced the office manager to lose around 50% of her work hours and pay as she had to regularly leave work to undergo her dialysis treatments. The EEOC further alleged that Singley constructively discharged the employee because of her disability and in retaliation for requesting a reasonable accommodation and for filing an EEOC charge.
Such conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for their employees’ disabilities and prohibits retaliation against employees for requesting accommodations or filing charges with the...
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