The Indianapolis district office of the EEOC brought this suit against AT&T Corporation, a major communications company, and Communications Workers of America, Local Union No.4998, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in May 1999. The complaint alleged that AT&T had fired an employee because it regarded her as disabled, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The complainant intervened in July 1999. The case was settled by entry of a consent decree in August 2000.

According to an EEOC press release, the decree included non-discrimination and non-retaliation clauses and required AT&T to file annual reports to the EEOC on its compliance with the decree and to post a non-discrimination notice, for a period of five years. The decree also required personal relief to the complainant in the form of reinstating her to her position with AT&T with seniority and benefits restored as if she had never been fired. Additionally, AT&T agreed to pay the complainant $50,000 in damages.

Kevin Wilemon - 05/27/2008


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