Northwest Airlines settles EEOC suit, agrees to assess each job applicant.(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)(Brief Article)

Report on Disability Law, February, 2005

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Northwest Airlines Inc. recently settled an Americans with Disabilities Act Title I lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 2001.

The suit charged the airline with refusing to hire people with epilepsy or insulin-dependent diabetes as airplane cleaners or baggage handlers. The airline denied the allegations, but settled to avoid lengthy litigation.

Northwest agreed to individually assess whether each applicant who has insulin-dependent diabetes or seizure disorder can safely perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the job's essential functions. Northwest also agreed to a settlement fund of $510,000 for 28 individuals involved in the suit.

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