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Dive Brief:
Paycom Payroll LLC failed to provide reasonable accommodations to an employee with a severe food allergy and then terminated her, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
The Oklahoma-based payroll and human capital software company allegedly fired a benefits coordinator with a severe anaphylactic food allergy to onions just shy of a month after she started for her “health and wellness,” per court documents.
“Employers have a legal obligation to explore and provide reasonable accommodations for workers with disabilities — especially when the potential consequences of inaction are life-threatening,” Andrea Baran, regional attorney for EEOC’s St. Louis District, said in a news release. “No employee should be forced to choose between their health and their livelihood.”
