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Article

18 Oct 2013

Author:
Carmen Duarte, Arizona Daily Star (USA)

U.S. sues Tuscon-area trucking firm, alleging discrimination

A Southwest regional trucking company based in Rillito [Arizona], which fired two employees after they took medical leave, is facing a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. government. CTI Inc. was named in the class-action suit filed in Tucson federal court Sept. 30 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission…The commission alleges that other employees besides the two named in the suit were fired because of their disabilities or because they needed reasonable accommodations when they returned to work…The company will not comment while the lawsuit is pending, said Kerry Barrette, human-resources director for CTI…“We are very concerned about companies who have a policy that says you have to be totally recovered, 100 percent healthy to return to work,” said Mary Jo O’Neill, a regional attorney for the federal commission in Phoenix…