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October 4-10, 2009 Mental Illness Awareness Week
Monday, October 5th, 2009Sears settles multi million dollar lawsuit over the firing of disabled workers
Friday, October 2nd, 2009The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a record $6.2 million Americans with Disabilities Act settlement of a class action suit against Sears, Roebuck & Co. The suit initiated when a former service technician was fired after taking leave for a work related injury. Investigations revealed that hundreds of Sears employees had suffered the same treatment after taking leave. The agency described it as the largest ADA settlement in a single EEOC lawsuit.
