King Soopers to Pay $80, 000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Dillon Companies, Inc., owners of the King Soopers supermarket chain in Colorado, will pay $80,000 to an employee who has intellectual disabilities to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Two supervisors at the store bullied and teased the ten-year employee because of his learning disability, which eventually led to the employee's termination. It violates the [Americans with Disabilities Act][1] to harass an employee with disabilities.

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

URL: http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/12-13-11.cfm