The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing JC Penney for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to accommodate a warehouse employee with breast cancer, then firing her.
The lawsuit, announced on Nov. 21, claims that Penney OpCo, LLC, doing business as JC Penney, denied the employee’s request for medical leave to attend cancer treatment appointments.
Despite submitting the necessary documentation, her request was denied, and her absences were counted against the company’s attendance policy, leading to her termination on July 3, 2023…