EEOC Files Bias Complaint On Behalf Of Disabled Workers In South Carolina

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on October 3 that it filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Work Services Inc. The company, which finds contract jobs for employees with disabilities, was sued over its contracts with a turkey-processing plant in Newberry, South Carolina. The complaint was filed on behalf of six former Work Services Inc. employees with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The EEOC alleges that the employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

According to the EEOC complaint, which has not been made public, Work Services Inc. discriminated against the employees with disabilities . . .