United Airlines to Pay $850,000 for Disability Discrimination
Infozine.com has a story about United Airlines paying a large sum to close out an ADA lawsuit. Evidently when an employee is switched to "light duty" work, they are automatically barred from working overtime. This was put into place even if the employee was cleared by doctors to work over 40 hours. A lawsuit was then files against the airline stating that disabled people that are cleared to work over 40 hours a week should be allowed to word overtime. It did not matter that they were disabled, the disability did not constrain the number of hours they could work so United was breaking the law. Evidently the judge also believed that United was in the wrong and ordered them to stop their discrimination against disabled workers and pay out $850,000 in restitution.
WHen will corporations learn that it is not wise to discriminate against the disabled? Disabled workers are shown to work harder and call in sick far fewer times then able bodied workers. The disabled appreciate the chance to work and go above and beyond to let the managers know the made a good choice in picking that worker. Don’t throw the disabled out on the street, give us a chance to prove that we are a valuable resource for your company. You will be surprised what we are capable of doing for the company.
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