Parent company of Zanesville Pizza Hut settles discrimination and harassment lawsuit
CLEVELAND – The parent company of the Zanesville Pizza Hut, ADT Pizza, will pay $13,083 in damages and $1,916 in back pay to resolve disability discrimination and harassment lawsuit.
The suit was filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), according to a press release from the agency.
The EEOC’s lawsuit states Pizza Hut discriminated against an employee by subjecting her to unwelcome and derogatory comments by a member of management based on her disability. She quit because of the harassment. Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA).
As part of the settlement, Pizza Hut also agreed to hire an outside expert to conduct training on disability discrimination, harassment and retaliation under the ADA for all of its employees in Ohio, as well as for all of its general managers, district managers, directors of operations, vice presidents of operations and human resources employees nationwide.
The company will also redistribute its EEO policy, its anti-harassment policy, and its complaint resolution form. Further, the company will report any internal complaints of disability discrimination, harassment and retaliation in its Ohio locations.
"Employees have the right to work in an environment free from discrimination and harassment because of their disability," said Dilip Gokhale, director of the EEOC’s Cleveland Field Office. "This action makes it clear that the EEOC will vigorously enforce that right."
For more information on disability discrimination, visit www.eeoc.gov/disability-discrimination. For more information on harassment, please visit www.eeoc.gov/harassment.
This article originally appeared on Zanesville Times Recorder: Zanesville Pizza Hut settles discrimination and harassment lawsuit
