U.S. Home Depot sacks cancer-ridden cashier, loses lawsuit
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ROFLMAO...yup... you're an idiot. No doubt about it. It really is surprising that you can manage to walk and breathe at the same time.
I just love to hear about the times when the little guy actually comes out on top for a change.
U.S. Home Depot sacks cancer-ridden cashier, loses lawsuit
By QMI Agency
A Home Depot in Maryland lost a $100,000 lawsuit after the store fired a longtime cashier while she was on unpaid leave to have a brain tumour removed.
Judy Henderson worked at the Baltimore store for 13 years and consistently scored high on performance evaluations, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
She left work when she got brain cancer, but the company didn't offer her any compensation, the EEOC said. Eventually, her supervisor demanded she update them about her medical status or risk being fired.
Henderson sent them her medical records right away, including the date she'd be medically released and able to come back to work, but was sacked anyway, according to the EEOC's statement.
Home Depot told her there just wasn't enough business to keep her employed, but hired new cashiers soon after firing her. The EEOC accused the company in court of disability discrimination.
The court agreed, ordering Home Depot to fork over $100,000 to Henderson, provide anti-discrimination training and refrain from denying compensation for medical problems in the future.
"Employers must give unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation unless they can prove it would be a significant cost or disruption to its business," Spencer H. Lewis, Jr., director of the EEOC's Philadelphia District Office, said in the statement. "It can be difficult for a major nationwide retailer the size of Home Depot to show how a few extra weeks of unpaid leave would be an undue hardship."
U.S. Home Depot sacks cancer-ridden cashier, loses lawsuit - World - Canoe.ca
HEY! Home Depot!
Glad to see that they got the punishment that they so richly deserved. What a horrible way to treat their employee. At least now, any other employees having to go through the same thing will have this case to use as precedent.
HEY! Home Depot!
Tres apropos.
Yes, she didn't do anything wrong, she wasn't asking for anything unreasonable. In my opinion, it was a fair decision. I'm glad for her and for those that come after.
Glad for the judgment but it wouldn't surprise me if some Republican judge in an appellate court overrules this decision.
Agree 100%. But remember how the Republican appellate courts all overruled the jury awards for the tobacco cases. Historically it was always up to a jury to determine the extent of damages. But these activist right wing courts all decided that precedent was somehow unacceptable. We all know why of course: the wealthy tobacco owners such as Rupert Murdoch control the courts.
Tres apropos.
Yes, she didn't do anything wrong, she wasn't asking for anything unreasonable. In my opinion, it was a fair decision. I'm glad for her and for those that come after.
Exactly. It wasn't like she was taking time off to go on vacation. She was receiving treatment for cancer! She had the proper medical files and everything!
There has to be some reward for loyalty, she worked for them for 13 years. That has to earn her some considerations.
From what I can gather she asked them for nothing but the opportunity to go back to work when she was done treatment. They didn't offer any sick leave compensation. I'd figure hiring her back is the least they can do.
Actually, I get greeted like that at Trombly's.
They only know me at Walmart, because of SCB.
No doubt the jury will consider that. But it means nothing if the appellate judges allow their politics to overrule good judgment.