California Pet Resort Company Sued for Disability Discrimination

The EEOC has filed a disability discrimination lawsuit against Elaine’s Pet Resort LP and Elaine’s Animal House Inc. in federal district court in California, the agency said Friday.

Elaine’s Pet, which operates pet resorts in Fresno and Madera in California, allegedly violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not engaging in an interactive process or providing reasonable accommodation to a class of applicants and employees with disabilities whose post-offer drug tests came back positive, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The interactive process would have determined the medication was legally prescribed, the agency said.

The EEOC also said it ...