RIDGEFIELD, Wash. ??? National retailer subsidiary Dollar Tree Distribution will pay $50,000 to a job applicant with a hearing impairment and provide other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC???s suit, Dollar Tree Distribution refused to hire a deaf applicant for a general warehouse associate position at its Ridgefield, Washington facility in June 2019, and instead hired less qualified applicants without hearing impairments. ????
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