Avoid an EEOC ADA Lawsuit by Giving an Amputee a Chair in Business and at Work

Apparently, the $100k lawsuit settlement with the EEOC paid by another company for failing to give an employee a chair as a reasonable accommodation under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act did not resonate with the latest company to be sued by the EEOC for the same issue:

According to the EEOC’s suit, after acquiring the Newburgh, NY factory in 2015, the companies withheld reasonable accommodations from employees who needed them. For example, one longtime employee, whose leg is amputated below the knee and who uses a prosthesis, asked to have a stool to sit on so that he would not need to stand throughout his shift. The companies denied the request and instead later terminated him.

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), when an employer is aware that an employee with a disability needs an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of his job, it must provide an accommodation, unless doing so would be an undue hardship. The EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (EEOC v. KTF Enterprises, Inc. and Kirker Enterprises, Inc., Civil Action No. 19-cv-6611) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process. 

Do you know how to avoid an EEOC ADA lawsuit by giving an amputee a chair in business and at work?