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Lake States Lumber to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)


Employee Was Fired Due to Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Charged
MINNEAPOLIS – Lake States Lumber, Inc., a company operating in Duluth, Minn., has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s suit, an employee who worked for Lake States Lumber, a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of lumber and wood products, took leave for heart surgery. After surgery, his doctors released him to return to work with no restrictions, but managers restricted his ability to work and assigned him to a different job. Nine days later, he was fired, the EEOC said. ....

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Minnesota Lumber Firm to Pay $100K in Disability Discrimination Suit Settlement


Minnesota Lumber Firm to Pay $100K in Disability Discrimination Suit Settlement
May 11, 2021
A Minnesota lumber company has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal authorities say.
The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Lake States Lumber Inc., a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of lumber and wood products in Duluth, Minn., alleges the company unlawfully fired an employee after he returned to work following heart surgery.
After the surgery, the employee’s doctors released him to return to work with no restrictions, but managers restricted his ability to work and assigned him to a different job. Nine days later, he was fired, the EEOC said. ....

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Duluth lumber company to settle disability discrimination complaint for $100,000


An employee was reassigned and then fired after returning from heart surgery.
5:44 pm, May 7, 2021
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Lumber piles at Lake State Lumber stand taller than a parked semi in May of 2015. (Steve Kuchera / [email protected])
Lake States Lumber Inc. of Duluth will pay $100,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a release issued by the agency Friday.
The suit alleged that an employee of the Duluth company took a medical leave to undergo heart surgery, and when he returned to work with no work restrictions, he was reassigned to a different job, which he held for just nine days before his dismissal. ....

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