A Boston property management company is being sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly breaking federal law by refusing to make a reasonable accommodation for a newly hired employee with a disability and then rescinding her job offer.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is allegedly violated by Atlantic Properties Management Corp. and Diversified Funding, Inc., an associate. The person was offered a job as an executive administrative assistant to the vice president and president of the two companies, according to the EEOC’s lawsuit. The employee was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, a prevalent form of breast cancer, not long after receiving the job offer. Her physician attested to her ability to carry out every duty of her job, but she would require weekly treatment.
The EEOC claims that when the employee gave the companies her medical note, the president of the company chose to rescind her job offer without consulting the worker.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) mandates that employers make a reasonable accommodation for a worker who has a handicap and forbids discrimination on the basis of disability and retaliation for making such a request.
The EEOC stated that it attempted to achieve a pre-litigation settlement before filing a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. In order to stop discrimination in the future, the federal agency is requesting injunctive relief, back pay, and punitive and compensatory damages.
“The ADA was designed to protect workers at a position of deep vulnerability, and this lawsuit is a prime example of how it should
