SHRM’s second jury trial in less than a year kicked off Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia, after the HR giant failed for a second time to convince a federal judge to dismiss a discrimination claim.
The case, Torres v. Society for Human Resource Management, stems from a job applicant’s lawsuit filed last December. The candidate alleged that she’d been offered a role as a senior specialist in the product management department in June 2024, but that SHRM had revoked the offer after she said she needed her service dog to accompany her to the office as a reasonable accommodation.
The worker said she needed her service dog to help her manage Type 1 diabetes — in particular, episodes of hypoglycemia, which have caused her life-threatening blackout episodes, according to her complaint…