"Bentonville McDonald’s To Pay $103,000 To Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit", 12 Nov 2016

A McDonald's restaurant owned and operated by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard, Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., will pay $103,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...EEOC's lawsuit challenged McDonald's treatment of an employee when the restaurant fired him within days of learning of his HIV-positive status. The suit also charged that the companies' policy of requiring all employees to report the use of prescription medication is also unlawful...Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...In addition to the monetary payment, the companies will also conduct disability training for its managers and revise their policy requiring mandatory disclosure of prescription medications. "EEOC remains committed to protecting employees from disability discrimination...