The timeline between accommodation paperwork and termination? Just one day
Crocs allegedly fired an employee one day after she submitted disability accommodation paperwork — a timeline every HR professional should take seriously.
Wendy Smith, who worked as a training coordinator at the company's Las Vegas distribution center starting in June 2022, filed a lawsuit on April 10 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (Smith v. Crocs, Inc. et al., No. 2:26-cv-01133). She is claiming the footwear giant discriminated against her based on her disabilities, retaliated against her for requesting workplace accommodations, and interfered with her rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
The case is at its earliest stage. None of the allegations have been proven. But the picture that emerges from the filing is one HR leaders will want to sit with.
Smith says she suffers from right knee osteoarthritis — she had a full knee replacement in September 2023 — and was later diagnosed with arthritis in her foot in early December 2025. Both conditions, according to the lawsuit, make prolonged standing and walking painful and difficult.
For much of her time at Crocs, Smith says the company accommodated her without issue, allowing her to alternate between sitting and standing during shifts. That arrangement, the lawsuit says, worked. Then in October 2025, Crocs allegedly removed her seated workstation and moved her to a standing-only area on the production floor — a move that...
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