By RACHEL TOBIN RAMOS and ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Business News August 28, 2009
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit in Chicago alleging UPS improperly fired a disabled employee.
The employee, UPS administrative assistant Trudi Momsen, was fired in 2007. She took 12 months medical leave for multiple sclerosis, then returned, but left again due to complications from her medication.
Sandy Springs-based UPS fired her for exceeding the package delivery company’s 12-month leave policy, the EEOC says.
The lawsuit claims UPS failed to accommodate Momsen’s disability, a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The EEOC is seeking class-action status.
In an e-mail, UPS spokesman Norman Black called the lawsuit “surprising and misdirected,” adding the company will “vigorously defend” its leave policy.
“The employee in this case never asked for an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act,” he said. “UPS is at a loss to understand the federal government’s position here,” calling UPS’s leave policy one of the “more generous and flexible” in corporate America.
http://www.ajc.com/business/eeoc-files-suit-against-126353.html
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