Illinois Limousine Service to Pay $30K to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

M&M Limousine Service in Des Plaines, Ill., will pay a deaf job applicant $30,000 to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.

The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged M&M Limousine with violating federal discrimination law when it refused to hire the applicant based on his disability and failed to consider whether he could do the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability and requires an individualized assessment of whether an applicant with a disability can perform the job with or without reasonable accommodation. The EEOC filed its suit (Civil Action No. 1:19-CV-04213) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.

M&M will pay $30,000 in monetary relief to the discrimination victim as part of a three-year consent decree settling the suit.

The decree also provides non-monetary relief intended to prevent disability discrimination in M&M’s workplace. M&M must train managers and supervisors on disability discrimination and requests for reasonable accommodations under the ADA. The company must track accommodation requests and complaints of disability discrimination and report them to the EEOC.

Source: EEOC

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