DENVER ? A woman who worked for King Soopers over a period of five years is now suing the Denver-based grocery?chain, alleging she was fired due to her bipolar condition.
Kelly Ferris was hired as a receptionist at the grocery store?s headquarters in 2003, and worked for five years before she said she took a medical leave to deal with a flare-up in her bipolar condition.?
She said that she had an expectation she would be able to utilize the company?s 18-month medical leave policy, but said she was fired after five months of leave for failing to report to work without permission.
The?U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is suing King Soopers on Ferris? behalf, saying the grocery store?s actions violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
?Bipolar disorder and other psychiatric conditions have long been misunderstood in society,? EEOC Phoenix Regional Attorney Mary Jo O?Neill wrote in a news release. ?Employees who have bipolar disorder are frequently subject to unfair stereotypes about their ability to work. That?s why the EEOC filed this lawsuit.?
The suit is not King Soopers first run-in with the EEOC. In December 2011, the grocery store agreed to pay $80,000 when a court found it had discriminated against a mentally challenged worker, who was allegedly taunted and bullied by co-workers and eventually fired.
Source: http://kdvr.com/2012/09/19/bipolar-woman-sues-king-soopers-claims-she-was-fired-for-disorder/
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