If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterThe Starbucks Coffee Company has paid $75,000 to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to settle a lawsuit for unlawfully denying a reasonable accommodation to a woman with dwarfism, according to a press release.The lawsuit was filed by the commission on behalf of Elsa Sallard, who claimed she was fired from her job as a barista because she is a dwarf.According to a press release from the commission, Sallard told employers during a training that she could use a stool or stepladder to do her job.”The manager at the El Paso Starbucks location disregarded Sallard’s request,” the release said. “On the same day that Sallard requested the accommodation, Starbucks terminated her employment, claiming that she would pose a ‘danger’ to customers and employees.”Commission officials said that the settlement not only compensates Sallard, but is an agreement that Starbucks will provide training in compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act.
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$75,000 dwarfs what OSHA would have fined Starbucks, should an accident occur. So to speak.
OSHA in itself is a retarded stat. Glad to know if someone is issued tylenol by a doctor and someone loses and arm and dies, they boht are valued as 1.