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Benefits September 22, 2011
Maxim Healthcare Services Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
September 22, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a discrimination lawsuit has been settled with Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.
Reported by PLANSPONSOR staff
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleged that Maxim had failed to provide reasonable accommodations and ultimately discharged Anne Whitledge, Director of Clinical Services, because she had brain cancer.
Under
the decree, Maxim will pay $160,000 to Whitledge’s estate. In addition, Maxim
agrees to conduct anti-discrimination training and monitor complaints in the
Minneapolis facility, where Whitledge worked, as well as in the five other
Maxim facilities that were under some of the same management.
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