Privately initiated discrimination lawsuits are not uncommon in the United States, and while they were down year-over-year, the number of filings in 2013 was still significant and costly for businesses.
Inside Counsel, a monthly magazine exclusively serving general counsel and other top in-house legal professionals has created a list of the top ten “most expensive discrimination class action settlements” of 2013. USPS is listed at #6:6. $4.5 million – Hubbard, et al. v. U.S. Postal Service
Disability discrimination is growing area of litigation risk, and perhaps as a sign of the times this case revolved around the accommodations afforded to deaf and hard-of-hearing workers of the United States Postal Service. The suit alleged that workers with hearing problems were not given provided with technologies and services that would have helped them perform their duties, and that they were frequently subject to scrutiny from other workers at the postal service. The case was settled in July of 2013
via Top 10 most expensive discrimination settlements of 2013.
speak louder I can’t hear you, i’am going to the bank to cash my check thanks post office, good job deaf worker’s
can you hear me now.
Chi-Ching is music to their ears! I worked for years with a number of deaf and believe you me…its all about the money. They don’t differ from you or me.
There are a lot of discrimination cases at the post office on a daily basis, but there is no accountability at the post office committed by supervisors and managers. That is a culture of USPS.
This is what happens when supervisors don’t listen to what the problems are. How many time to the workers have to ask?
i guess their issues fell on the deaf ears of management
And not one person in mgmt. will be held accountable, as usual.