EEOC Sues Walgreens for Alleged Disability Discrimination
September 29 2022 - 10:25AM
Dow Jones News
By Dean Seal
Walgreens Co. has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission on Thursday for allegedly discriminating
against a pregnant worker with disabilities.
The pharmacy-chain subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
is accused of refusing the request of a pregnant customer sales
associate, who has diabetes and hypoglycemia, to take emergency
leave and seek medical attention.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, alleges that the worker asked her
store manager for the unscheduled leave only to be told that she
could not leave until her replacement was found. A replacement was
not found, and the manager eventually told the employee that she
had asked for too many accommodations, the EEOC claims.
The worker was ultimately forced to quit and miscarried later on
the day that she resigned, the suit alleges.
"No one should have to choose between losing a pregnancy and
losing a job," said Andrew Kingsley, a senior trial attorney in the
EEOC's New Orleans Field Office.
The EEOC said it filed the lawsuit after first trying to reach a
settlement with Walgreens.
Walgreens didn't respond to a request for comment.
Write to Dean Seal at dean.seal@wsj.com
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