Big Lots Inks $100K Deal With EEOC In Deaf Worker Bias Suit

By Hailey Konnath ( November 26, 2019, 8:49 PM EST) -- Big Lots has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit that alleges the retailer failed to address a deaf worker's complaints about being teased for her disability, denied her a promotion because she complained, and then fired a colleague who backed her, according to a consent decree approved Tuesday....

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