CDM Restaurants Settles Disability Discrimination Allegations

CDM Restaurants LLC will pay $60,000 to three applicants as well as enter into a two-year conciliation agreement to resolve a disability discrimination finding made by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission at a Culver restaurant franchise in Wesley Chapel, Fla., according to the agency Tuesday.

CDM restaurants allegedly refused to employ three applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing, which would violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, said the EEOC.

The company is required to revise its policies to explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in the future, advise deaf and hard-of-hearing advocacy groups of job ...