Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
The Justice Department, along with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi, announced today that it filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi against Bolivar County under Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint alleges that Bolivar County terminated a correctional officer with the Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility one day after he disclosed during a post-hire physical examination that he was previously diabetic. The consent decree (subject to approval by the court) requires Bolivar County to offer the complainant a correctional officer job with retroactive seniority, pay a total monetary award of nearly $100,000, and train correctional facility employees on ADA Title I requirements.
To find out more about the ADA or this consent decree,
call the Justice Department’s toll-free ADA Information Line at 800-514-0301 or 800-514-0383 (TDD),
or access its ADA.gov website
Article Credit: U.S. Department of Justice