When an employee has to leave work due to a work-related injury it causes difficulties for many people, especially if it is a disabling injury. That disability status throws the situation into a different category. It is no longer just a worker’s comp issue it is also now a potential Americans with Disabilities issue. This was a the situation for a grocery store in Maryland and that mistake cost them $27,000.
A work related back injury
According to the press release from the EEOC, a store clerk in a Maryland grocery store sustained an injury that restricted the lifting she could do. The company initially accommodated this injury by assigning her to light duty on the customer service desk.
