Alight Solutions, an employee benefits administrator headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois, violated federal law when it discriminated against an employee by denying him a reasonable accommodation for his diabetes, and then firing him because of the disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Alight Solutions refused the employee additional breaks during his shift to monitor blood sugar and to recover from diabetic episodes, even though he was willing to make up for the extra breaks by working a longer shift. Among other things, Alight used electronic attendance monitoring systems to track employee activity that did not appropriately account for the employee’s additional needed breaks. Instead of accommodating the breaks necessary for managing his disability, Alight terminated him instead.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires the accommodation of disabilities absent undue hardship, and prohibits employers from discharging an employee because of their disability or because they requested an accommodation. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Alight Solutions, LLC, Case No. 1:26-cv-06361) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.
Source: EEOC
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