Employer Agrees to Settle ADA Claim for $50K

A Dallas employer agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a manager's disability discrimination lawsuit contending that it failed to accommodate her disability, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.REDC Default Solutions settled with the EEOC and Terria Wiley, a former asset manager for the employer. The suit arose after Wiley suffered a stroke in March 2011 and took medical leave. The company's HR director inquired when she would return, and Wiley promptly submitted a note from her treating physician that included a specific return to work date. The EEOC alleged that the empl...