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Dollar General to pay $1 million to settle Bessemer Equal Employment Opportunity lawsuit
Hat tip, Wonkette
WONKETTE NEWS ONE A DAY
Dollar General's Creepy Pre-Employment Medical Exams Cost Them $1 Million
That's actually pretty low, but at least they're not doing them anymore?
ROBYN PENNACCHIA
OCT 23, 2023
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Dollar General's Creepy Pre-Employment Medical Exams Cost Them $1 Million
That's actually pretty low, but at least they're not doing them anymore?
ROBYN PENNACCHIA
OCT 23, 2023
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BUSINESS
Dollar General to pay $1 million to settle Bessemer Equal Employment Opportunity lawsuit
Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 3:38 p.m.
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
Dollar General has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit over soliciting Bessemer job applicants for their medical history and rescinding job offers based on their personal medical information.
The lawsuit stems from job offers at its Bessemer Distribution Center, which the EEOC says violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA).
According to the suit, Dollar General required applicants to pass a pre-employment medical exam during which they were required to disclose past and present medical conditions of family members such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
The EEOC also alleged that Dollar General used qualification criteria that screened out qualified individuals with disabilities.
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Dollar General to pay $1 million to settle Bessemer Equal Employment Opportunity lawsuit
Published: Oct. 23, 2023, 3:38 p.m.
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
Dollar General has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) lawsuit over soliciting Bessemer job applicants for their medical history and rescinding job offers based on their personal medical information.
The lawsuit stems from job offers at its Bessemer Distribution Center, which the EEOC says violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA).
According to the suit, Dollar General required applicants to pass a pre-employment medical exam during which they were required to disclose past and present medical conditions of family members such as cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
The EEOC also alleged that Dollar General used qualification criteria that screened out qualified individuals with disabilities.
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https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6163308/41/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-dolgencorp-llc/
