Posted on 07/06/2016 6:17:21 AM PDT by SleepySimon
BENTONVILLE (KATV) — An Arkansas McDonald's is being sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) after they claim the restaurant fired an employee after they found out he was HIV positive.
The EEOC claims the Bentonville McDonald's, which is owned and operated by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard, Inc., "violated federal law when it terminated an employee because of his HIV positive status." According to the EEOC, Mathews Management Company owns and operates 34 McDonald's restaurants.
The suit, which was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fayetteville Division, alleges they violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when they fired an employee days after learning he was HIV positive.
The lawsuit also claims the companies require employees to report their use of prescription medication, which also violates the ADA.
In a release from the EEOC, a commission spokesperson says the suit is seeking back pay, along with compensatory and punitive damages, compensation for lost benefits, removal of the prescription medication policy, and an injunction against future discrimination.
The EEOC said they first tried to "reach a voluntary settlement through its prelitigation conciliation process."
>>Unless the employee would spit raw blood on the food and the customer has open wounds in his mouth,<<
Many people have weak gums that bleed when they eat and they aren’t aware of it. That’s the easiest way to catch Aids that I can think of.
“Many people have weak gums that bleed when they eat and they aren’t aware of it. That’s the easiest way to catch Aids that I can think of.”
Are you saying that the food preparation staff has weak bloody gums and spits saliva with blood on the food, while the customer — also having weak bloody gums — eats the bloody saliva causing the preparation staff’s blood to enter his blood stream through his weak sore open wounded gum?
Sure, I guess. But I need to see the stats on that transmission happening.
I again say that McD can hire/fire anyone — in my opinion — for any reason, including but not limited to HIV.
Yes, far worse. The government’s social justice warriors that eat our our substance will not be satisfied until private enterprise is but a memory.
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