![]() District Court for the Northern District of Florida on July 29, 2019, after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its voluntary conciliation process. f/k/a McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc., Case No. Groendyke Transport, Inc and McKenzie Property Management, Inc. The EEOC’s Birmingham District Office filed its lawsuit ( EEOC v. Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which protects employees from discrimination based on their disabilities and requires employers to provide a reasonable accommodation if it does not create an undue hardship. The other employee, who worked as a truck driver for 20 years in Houston, needed approximately one week of additional leave after his FMLA leave expired, but was fired instead. ![]() One of the employees, who worked as a tractor trailer mechanic in Pensacola, Florida for 30 years, was denied additional leave of approximately three weeks after exhausting his FMLA leave and was dismissed. The EEOC said that Groendyke’s predecessor, McKenzie Tank Lines, failed to provide a reasonable accommodation and fired two long-term employees because of their disabilities.Īccording to the EEOC’s lawsuit, it was McKenzie’s policy to terminate employees not able to return to work after exhausting the maximum 12 weeks of medical leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The defendants in the EEOC’s case are Groendyke Transport, Inc., one of the largest tank truck carriers in the United States, headquartered in Enid, Oklahoma, and McKenzie Property Management (formerly known as McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc.), headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. – A trucking company and a property management company will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S.
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