Hobby Lobby Faces Bias Lawsuit Over Worker Service Dog Request

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, refused to reasonably accommodate a cashier at its Olathe, Kan., store by allowing her to use a service dog and then fired her because of her disabilities, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a lawsuit filed Friday.

The employee advised her manager that she needed to bring her fully trained service dog to work to assist her with symptoms caused by PTSD, anxiety, and depression. The company’s human resources representative met with the employee to discuss her request but concluded the dog would present a safety concern because a coworker ...