Employer Settles Disability Discrimination Suit for $50K

A Minnesota employer settled a disability discrimination suit with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $50,000, the commission announced.Applied Vacuum Technology, of Waconia, Minn., settled a suit filed by the EEOC on Tuesday. The suit arose after Larry Kating, an employee, sought to return to work after being hospitalized for a week. Although the employer knew that Kating was hospitalized and was aware of his condition, it fired him for not calling in every day of the hospitalization. After pretrial mediation attempts failed, the EEOC filed suit and contended that AVT fired ...