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Waste Removal Company Settles Disability Discrimination Suit

ILA Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of IESI Corporation, a national waste removal firm, will pay $95,000 to settle a disability discrimination suit the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed in June 2009, the EEOC announced on Dec. 2. The court-approved settlement resolves the charge of a former truck driver, Ronald Harper, who worked for IESI at its facility in Shreveport, La. In its suit, the EEOC charged that IESI violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired Harper because of his disability, dyslexia, even though Harper was able to perform the essential functions of his job.  Click here to read more.
 
 



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