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Rite Aid – RIECGR

Successfully defended employer against employee’s allegations of failure to engage in an interactive process to reasonably accommodate employee’s alleged disability. Plaintiff had filed charges with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. Thorough investigation revealed evidence that client terminated plaintiff after the employee had failed to respond to employer’s three separate attempts to engage in the interactive process to accommodate plaintiff’s injury. The Department of Fair Employment and Housing dismissed the charge without any adverse action to the employer.