COMPANY WRONGFULLY TERMINATED A DISABLED EMPLOYEE
When an occupational therapist, employed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC, sought a reasonable accommodation (because she could no longer drive a car after suffering a grand mal seizure) and requested a ridesharing service to take her to patients’ homes, the company not only denied the request, but eventually terminated her.
Believing that such conduct violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit (Case No. 2:23-cv-13043 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan), seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In a written statement, Miles Uhlar, trial attorney for the EEOC’s Detroit Field Office, noted that “This employee was able to work as an occupational therapist …. By refusing to allow her to use alternate transportation to get to work, and instead terminating her, her employer violated the ADA.”
Think Alternate Solutions will be taken for a ride here?
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