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Walmart fired an employee with Down syndrome who worked there for 16 years. A jury said it should pay her $125 million.
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Whore Harris
Jul 18, 2021, 5:05:02 AM7/18/21
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Walmart was hit with a $125 million verdict on Friday in a
disability-discrimination case.
The company fired Marlo Spaeth, an employee with Down syndrome
who worked at Walmart for 16 years.
Walmart said it expected the verdict to be reduced to $300,000
because of a federal law.
See more stories on Insider's business page.
A federal jury determined on Friday that Walmart violated the
Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired an employee with
Down syndrome following issues related to her work schedule.
After a four-day trial in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the jury awarded
Marlo Spaeth $125 million in damages. Before her termination,
Spaeth worked at Walmart for about 16 years.
A Walmart spokesperson told Insider the verdict was expected to
be reduced to $300,000, which is the maximum amount allowed
under federal law.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission represented
Spaeth, presenting evidence on three claims of disability
discrimination against Walmart.
The commission said that a change to Spaeth's previously
consistent schedule caused her "significant difficulty" and that
Walmart denied her request to revert to the prior work schedule
through 60- to 90-minute adjustments. Instead, she was fired.
Read more: Subway tried to give away 1 million sandwiches to
promote its new menu. Franchisees say almost nobody wanted them.
"We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and we routinely
accommodate thousands of associates every year," Randy Hargrove,
a Walmart spokesperson, told Bloomberg Law. "We often adjust
associate schedules to meet our customers' expectations and
while Ms. Spaeth's schedule was adjusted, it remained within the
times she indicated she was available.
"We're sensitive to this situation and believe we could have
resolved this issue with Ms. Spaeth, however the EEOC's demands
were unreasonable."
The EEOC said evidence from the trial showed that Spaeth
consistently received positive evaluations from her managers.
After being terminated, Spaeth asked to be rehired and was later
denied.
Last year, Walmart paid $20 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit
that said a physical-abilities test disproportionately excluded
female applicants from jobs as grocery-order fillers.
"The jury here recognized, and apparently was quite offended,
that Ms. Spaeth lost her job because of needless - and unlawful -
inflexibility on the part of Walmart," Gregory Gochanour, the
regional attorney of the EEOC's Chicago District Office, said.
Read the original article on Business Insider
https://news.yahoo.com/walmart-fired-employee-down-syndrome-
193751868.html
disability-discrimination case.
The company fired Marlo Spaeth, an employee with Down syndrome
who worked at Walmart for 16 years.
Walmart said it expected the verdict to be reduced to $300,000
because of a federal law.
See more stories on Insider's business page.
A federal jury determined on Friday that Walmart violated the
Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired an employee with
Down syndrome following issues related to her work schedule.
After a four-day trial in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the jury awarded
Marlo Spaeth $125 million in damages. Before her termination,
Spaeth worked at Walmart for about 16 years.
A Walmart spokesperson told Insider the verdict was expected to
be reduced to $300,000, which is the maximum amount allowed
under federal law.
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission represented
Spaeth, presenting evidence on three claims of disability
discrimination against Walmart.
The commission said that a change to Spaeth's previously
consistent schedule caused her "significant difficulty" and that
Walmart denied her request to revert to the prior work schedule
through 60- to 90-minute adjustments. Instead, she was fired.
Read more: Subway tried to give away 1 million sandwiches to
promote its new menu. Franchisees say almost nobody wanted them.
"We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind, and we routinely
accommodate thousands of associates every year," Randy Hargrove,
a Walmart spokesperson, told Bloomberg Law. "We often adjust
associate schedules to meet our customers' expectations and
while Ms. Spaeth's schedule was adjusted, it remained within the
times she indicated she was available.
"We're sensitive to this situation and believe we could have
resolved this issue with Ms. Spaeth, however the EEOC's demands
were unreasonable."
The EEOC said evidence from the trial showed that Spaeth
consistently received positive evaluations from her managers.
After being terminated, Spaeth asked to be rehired and was later
denied.
Last year, Walmart paid $20 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit
that said a physical-abilities test disproportionately excluded
female applicants from jobs as grocery-order fillers.
"The jury here recognized, and apparently was quite offended,
that Ms. Spaeth lost her job because of needless - and unlawful -
inflexibility on the part of Walmart," Gregory Gochanour, the
regional attorney of the EEOC's Chicago District Office, said.
Read the original article on Business Insider
https://news.yahoo.com/walmart-fired-employee-down-syndrome-
193751868.html
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