AGREES TO PAY $515,000 TO SETTLE DISABILITY & GENETIC INFO DISCRIMINATION
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Factor One Source Pharmacy, LLC, breached federal law when it asked about employees’ disabilities and genetic information so that it could hire individuals who had hemophilia, or had family members with the condition, and then pressured them into making purchases of expensive meds from the company. Those employees who refused to cooperate were fired or laid off.
Believing that such conduct was violative of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), the EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Factor One Source Pharmacy, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-01572-RMR) in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In addition to a recently announced $515,000 settlement payment, the company agreed to modify its employment-related policies and practices.
By way if a written press release, EEOC Phoenix District Office Regional Attorney Mary Jo O’Neill noted, “We appreciate the current owners of Factor One working with the EEOC to reach an early settlement of this litigation …. In addition to providing meaningful monetary relief for former Factor One employees, this settlement contains important equitable relief to help prevent unlawful discrimination in the specialty pharmacy industry.”
Now how special was that?
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