Walmart Inc. violated federal law when it refused to accommodate a Wisconsin employee who required a job coach due to his intellectual disability and subjected him and a coworker to a hostile work environment based on their disabilities, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced.According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in November and December 2021, supervisors harassed two employees with intellectual disabilities who worked as cart pushers at the Mount Pleasant, Wiscons ...

This story was originally published on HR Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily HR Dive newsletter. Editor’s note: This story contains mentions of suicide. For more information, see the NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dive Brief: A former employee accused disability employment staffing firm Peak Performers of disability discrimination, alleging that managers denied her requests for unpaid leave to attend depression and anxiety treatments twice a week, and later ...