Dotty’s to Pay $3.5M to End Bias Suit Over Employee-Leave Policy (1)

The owner of Las Vegas-based slot machine tavern chain Dotty’s will pay $3.5 million and revise its workplace policies and procedures to resolve allegations by the U.S government that it illegally forced workers to show they were 100-percent healed before they could return to work from leave to treat a disability or medical condition.

The settlement announced June 6 by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is another big win for the agency in its crackdown on employer maximum-leave and 100-percent-healed policies. Stopping employers from operating such fixed-leave limits for workers is one of the EEOC’s six national enforcement priorities. ...