EEOC Sues Grocer Over Failure to Accommodate Nursing Employee

Roundy’s Supermarkets, Inc., a grocery chain operating Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market stores, violated federal law when it fired a nursing employee after she requested a water bottle at her workstation to maintain her breast milk supply, the EEOC said in a new suit.

The lawsuit filed Monday by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin alleges violations of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The cake decorator initially had her request accommodated at a Pick ‘n Save location in Madison, WI, but after ...