IT Company Will Pay $255,000 To End EEOC Bias After Not Hiring Deaf Applicant

(February 15, 2024, 1:18 PM EST) -- ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York-based technology company will pay $255,000 and will provide other nonmonetary relief to end a disability bias complaint brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after the company turned down a job applicant, stating that while he had the appropriate skills, it couldn’t accommodate his deafness, according to a consent decree signed by a federal judge in New York and filed Feb. 14....

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