The decree also requires that Hollywood Casino Tunica provide training on employment discrimination awareness to its management staff.
enjoins Hollywood Casino Tunica from discriminating against any employee on the basis of a disability. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement.īesides providing monetary relief, the three-year consent decree settling the suit, signed by U.S. Instead of making that accommodation, the EEOC said, the casino fired her.įailing to make reasonable accommodations for the physical limitations of a qualified individual with a disability or terminating her because of that disability violates the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). The woman had sustained injuries in an automobile accident, the EEOC said, and was perfectly capable of doing her job, but needed to sit while doing so. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Delta Division), had charged that Hollywood Casino Tunica denied one of its dealers a reasonable accommodations for her physical limitations. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
– HWCC-Tunica, Inc., doing business as Hollywood Casino Tunica in Robinsonville, Miss., will pay $75,000 and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Robinsonville Casino Fired Injured Dealer Rather Than Permit Her to Sit While Working, Federal Agency Charged
