Trucking Company’s ‘Inflexible Leave Policy’ Application Violated Disability Discrimination Laws, EEOC Says

By Lisa Burden Dive Brief One of the largest tank truck carriers in the United States violated federal law when it "applied its inflexible leave policy" to fire two employees with disabilities who had exhausted their medical leave, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit. The EEOC says one of the company's [...]