Tyson Manager to Get Trial on Need for Six-Day, 70-Hour Workweek

Tyson Fresh Meat Inc. may have discriminated against a former production supervisor by failing to grant her a “normalized schedule” as an accommodation for her anxiety disorder, a Nashville federal judge ruled.

A jury could agree with Jacquelyn Veith that working “a six day, 70-80 hour week” wasn’t an essential function of her position, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee said.

Tyson failed to come forward with enough evidence to establish that it was a necessity as a matter of law, the court said. And the written job description for the position doesn’t list a six-day ...