A national trucking company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against over-the-road truck drivers with medical conditions.
Western Distributing Co. is to pay $919,000 in monetary relief to sixty victims of discrimination in order to settle a federal lawsuit, according to a July 16 statement issued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
The EEOC sued Western Distributing Co. for discriminating against dozens of employees who were “mostly over-the-road truck drivers” through the company’s corporate policies. The lawsuit alleges that Western violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires employers to provide a reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship…