{"id":735809,"date":"2026-06-30T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735809\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:51:20","slug":"eeoc-sues-fedex-alleges-discrimination-against-blind-workers-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/735809\/","title":{"rendered":"EEOC sues FedEx, alleges discrimination against blind workers in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission<\/a> (EEOC) filed a federal lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation on Tuesday, alleging the delivery giant violated federal law by discriminating against blind employees at a North Carolina facility.<\/p>\n

The federal agency claims that FedEx, formerly known as FedEx Ground Package Systems, Inc., failed to provide reasonable accommodations to four package handlers and a larger class of blind workers at its Kernersville location<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, denying the accommodations prevented the employees from performing their essential job functions and enjoying the same employment privileges as workers without disabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In addition to the discrimination charges, the EEOC suit alleges FedEx failed to maintain required administrative records in compliance with federal law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Melinda Dugas, the regional attorney for the EEOC\u2019s Charlotte district, said the alleged conduct is a clear violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which mandates workplace accommodations for disabilities unless they cause an undue hardship for the employer.<\/p>\n

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“Federal law is clear that failure to provide a needed reasonable accommodation for a disability where one is available and can be provided without causing undue hardship is unlawful discrimination,” Dugas said.<\/p>\n

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The agency noted that it pursued litigation only after prior attempts to reach a pre-litigation settlement<\/a> through an administrative conciliation process were unsuccessful.<\/p>\n

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In a statement to FOX Business, a FedEx spokesperson said the company is aware of the lawsuit and is “currently reviewing the matter.”<\/p>\n

“We are committed to complying with all requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act and maintaining a workplace that is free from discrimination of any kind,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a federal lawsuit against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":735810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-735809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/735810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}