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Dillard’s pays $2M to settle discrimination claims

By Sam Hananel
Published December 18, 2012 10:26pm ET
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Dillard’s pays $2M to settle discrimination claims
Olophius Perry, District Director, EEOC Los Angeles District Office, talks during a news conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Dec.18, 2012. Department store chain Dillard's Inc. is paying $2 million to settle charges that it illegally required workers who took sick leave to reveal confidential medical information. The settlement, announced Tuesday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, resolves a four-year-old class action lawsuit that charged Dillard's with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) | Nick Ut

WASHINGTON (AP) — Department store chain Dillard’s Inc. is paying $2 million to settle charges that it illegally required workers who took sick leave to reveal confidential medical information.

The settlement, announced Tuesday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, resolves a 4-year-old class-action lawsuit that charged Dillard’s with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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