Wal-Mart to Pay $275,000 to Former Employee Fired after Cancer Surgery

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in a disability lawsuit with denying an employee a reasonable accommodation. The employee requested the accommodation after he had cancer surgery, which left him with weakness in his right shoulder. Wal-Mart fired him in retaliation for complaining about its refusal to accommodate him. Under the [Americans with Disabilities Act][1], employers must provide reasonable accommodations 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/12-16-11b.cfm