Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc. (CCBCU), the third-largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola products in the United States, violated federal law by failing to accommodate an employee with a disability and then firing him because of his disability, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.
According to the suit, the employee, who worked as a delivery driver for CCBCU in Lafayette, Louisiana, was diagnosed with renal disease requiring dialysis. After he asked for a change in his work schedule to accommodate his dialysis, CCBCU determined he could not work a different schedule as an accommodation and told the employee to apply and compete for other jobs in the company aligned with his medical restrictions.
The employee identified and applied for a job with a schedule allowing him to continue dialysis while working full time. However, even though he was qualified for the position, CCBCU refused to place him into the position, and then terminated him in August 2022.
Source: EEOC
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