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Drugstore chain Walgreens has agreed to pay $180,000 to a diabetic employee who was fired after eating a $1.39 bag of chips before paying for it during what she said was an attack of low blood sugar, federal officials said.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which announced the settlement with Walgreens on Wednesday, filed a discrimination suit against the company three years ago, claiming Walgreens knew about Josefina Hernandez's medical condition but still fired her from her job as a cashier at a South San Francisco Walgreens in 2008 in violation of federal disability laws.
"Not only was this harsh and unfair, but it was illegal," EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William Tamayo said in a statement.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-diabetic-employee-reach-180-185439604.html
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which announced the settlement with Walgreens on Wednesday, filed a discrimination suit against the company three years ago, claiming Walgreens knew about Josefina Hernandez's medical condition but still fired her from her job as a cashier at a South San Francisco Walgreens in 2008 in violation of federal disability laws.
"Not only was this harsh and unfair, but it was illegal," EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William Tamayo said in a statement.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walgreens-diabetic-employee-reach-180-185439604.html