Comfort Suites to Pay $132, 500 for Disability Discrimination against Clerk with Autism

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged that an employee at the Comfort Suites Mission Valley Hotel was denied a reasonable accommodation, disciplined and fired due to his disability. The clerk, who has autism, sought free job coach services from the state, but the hotel refused and fired him. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers must provide [reasonable accommodations][1] to an employee with a disability, unless it causes significant difficulty or expense for the employer.

[1]: http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/disability.cfm

URL: http://www1.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/11-7-11a.cfm