The U.S. EEOC recently settled two lawsuits for
$925,000
. According to one EEOC lawsuit, the employer failed to provide accommodations to employees with disabilities and failed to engage in the interactive process required by law, often
claiming that doing so would jeopardize its relationships with the company's business partners
. In a second lawsuit, the EEOC charged the employer with failing to investigate allegations of
third-party harassment
and not taking corrective actions to cease the harassing behavior.
In addition to the monetary relief, the employer agreed to several other mandates, including
training its HR and management team members
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