April 21, 2022
An Illinois-based electrical equipment company has agreed to shell out $315,000 to end a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit accusing it of refusing to allow an employee to return to work after taking medical leave for cancer and an injury, the agency said Thursday.
April 10, 2018
An Illinois federal judge won't allow an electrical equipment company to escape a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suit alleging a worker was fired for refusing to retire after returning from medical leave, calling the claim he wasn't protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act "nonsense."