employment law

Results To Pay $250,000 For Discrimination

by Caroline Colvin HRDive.com A Florida-based business services company must pay $250,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The Results Companies, LLC, hired a blind person in Texas to be a telephone-based customer service representative for the company. The worker requested a screen reader so …

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Feds: Pepsi Discriminated Against The Blind

by Kevin Burton If you’re looking for something to drink, or somewhere to work, choose Coke, not Pepsi. According to multiple published reports, PepsiCo hired a blind man for a call center, then fired him rather than get him a screen reader – even after a state vocational rehabilitation counselor offered to buy …

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