A federal judge ordered Walmart to rehire a worker with Down syndrome and give her more than $50,000 in back pay
Walmart is challenging a court conviction that charged the company for firing a long-time employee with Down syndrome from a Wisconsin store, a case that has lasted for more than five years.
The multinational retail corporation claimed it did not know that there’s a link between Marlo Spaeth’s disability and her struggles to adapt to a new work schedule, which ultimately led to her firing, according to a court filing this week. Spaeth had worked for the company for nearly 16 years, according to a CNBC report.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which represented Spaeth in the case, did not show proof that Walmart discriminated against her “with malice or with reckless indifference to [her] federally protected rights.”
Now, Walmart is seeking a new trial on the case and that the court toss the order for the company to pay Spaeth for damages.
In a July ruling, a federal judge ordered Walmart to immediately rehire Spaeth and give her more than $50,000 in back pay after she prevailed in the disability discrimination lawsuit. Back then, the company decided to comply with the order to give Spaeth her job back, but was undecided on whether to appeal the ruling on back pay, along with $300,000 in jury damages, reported CNBC.
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