Jewel held in contempt in 2011 EEOC case
Jewel-Osco and its former owner, Supervalu, were found to be in contempt of court for multiple violations of a consent decree the companies signed in 2011 with the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal district judge in Chicago ruled Thursday.
Judge Ronald A. Guzman said Jewel failed to provide accommodations to three former employees who attempted to return to work following medical leaves of absence.
According to Guzman, “The evidence shows that, in making the determination these employees could not be accommodated, the company disregarded its own interactive process guidelines; failed to even consider the myriad resources available to assist it in identifying or fashioning reasonable accommodations for these employees; and failed to consider reassignment.”
Guzman ordered that the three employees be awarded approximately $82,000 in back pay and that a requirement that Jewel-Osco report to the EEOC be extended by one year.
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