The Red Roof Inn will pay to settle a discrimination lawsuit after telling a blind employee in Ohio not to apply for a promotion, according to federal authorities.
The employee wanted to attend an information session about a promotional opportunity at the Red Roof Inn contact center in Springfield, Ohio, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said. He requested an accommodation to attend the session remotely and, “expressing his interest in possibly applying,” for the position, the agency said in the complaint. “Don’t bother, it will be a complete waste of time,” responded one of his supervisors.
TravelAbility Insider Insight: Is there anything more denigrating than being told you shouldn’t even try to improve yourself because your disability disqualifies you from advancing in your career? The hotel, in our opinion, got off easy with an obscenely low fine. Given the situation, they could have faced a civil rights violation.
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