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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United Parcel Service, Inc.

  1. August 14, 2020

    UPS Let Out Early From Federal Oversight Over Disability Bias

    An Illinois federal judge on Friday granted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's request to release UPS Inc. early from court oversight under a consent decree prohibiting the delivery service from exhibiting disability bias against nonunion workers on medical leave.

  2. July 31, 2017

    UPS Agrees To Pay $1.7M To Settle EEOC Disability Bias Suit

    The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and UPS have reached a $1.7 million deal to end a suit over whether the company's leave policy violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, the agency said on Friday.

  3. September 26, 2016

    UPS Aims To Ax EEOC Expert In Disability Bias Fight

    United Parcel Service Inc. on Friday urged an Illinois federal judge to ax a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission expert who plans to testify that a pair of workers were fit to carry out job functions but the company's leave policy unfairly discriminated against them, saying that his opinions are inherently prejudicial.

  4. June 07, 2016

    UPS Accuses EEOC Of 'Gamesmanship' In Disability Bias Row

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday allowed United Parcel Service Inc. to use an expert report in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's disability bias suit over UPS' leave policy, after the company accused the agency of engaging in "gamesmanship."

  5. November 20, 2015

    UPS Can't Block Extended Discovery In EEOC Leave Suit

    An Illinois federal magistrate judge allowed some discovery Friday for a former UPS employee who intervened in an U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias suit, over the shipping company's complaints that the requests were made too late.

  6. July 20, 2015

    UPS Tries To Force Responses From Ex-Worker In ADA Suit

    United Parcel Service Inc. told an Illinois federal court Friday that a former worker who intervened in a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission disability bias suit over UPS' leave policy still hasn't responded to discovery requests served back in February.

  7. February 12, 2014

    UPS Can't Dodge EEOC Challenge To Leave Of Absence Policy

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's claim that United Parcel Service Inc.'s policy of firing employees after 12 months of leave amounts to an unlawful employment qualification under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  8. June 12, 2013

    UPS Can't Stall EEOC Challenge To Leave Of Absence Policy

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday blocked UPS Inc.'s attempt to appeal his decision allowing the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pursue Americans With Disabilities Act claims over UPS' leave of absence policy on behalf of unidentified class members.

  9. February 04, 2013

    UPS Wants 7th Circ. To Review EEOC's ADA Class Claims

    United Parcel Service Inc. sought permission Friday to appeal an Illinois federal court's decision to allow the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to pursue Americans With Disabilities Act claims over the company's leave of absence policy on behalf of unidentified class members.

  10. January 11, 2013

    Judge Revives EEOC's Disability Class Claims Against UPS

    An Illinois federal judge reversed his own decision Friday and revived the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's class action claims that United Parcel Service Inc. violated federal discrimination laws by not accommodating disabled employees.