Employee Told Not to Waste Time Applying for Promotional Opportunity Because of His Visual Impairment, Federal Agency Charged
Red Roof Inns, Inc. (Red Roof) will pay $43,188.00 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Red Roof failed to provide an employee who is blind working in its Contact Center in Springfield, Ohio, with a reasonable accommodation so that he could participate in an information seminar to learn more about a promotional opportunity in its Online Connectivity department. The lawsuit further alleged that Red Roof denied the employee the opportunity to compete for, or hold, the vacant position because of his disability or need for reasonable accommodation, telling the employee it would be a waste of his time to apply for the position because his visual impairment could not be accommodated.
Such conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations that enable disabled employees to enjoy equal benefits and privileges of employment and perform the essential functions of the job they hold or desire. The ADA also prohibits employers from failing to promote or hire disabled applicants or employees because of their disability or the need to provide a reasonable accommodation.
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