Walmart Faces EEOC Lawsuit Over Disability Leave Accommodation

Wal-Mart Stores East LP allegedly violated federal law when it failed to accommodate an employee’s disability-related leave and then fired him for failing to comply with its attendance policy, the EEOC announced Thursday.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit that a store manager in Raleigh, N.C., requested a reasonable accommodation for seizures that at times made him late to work or miss multiple shifts because he was receiving treatment for his disability.

The manager’s request for intermittent leave was denied by Walmart, and the employee was demoted to deli associate and later fired for violating ...