USA: Ex-employee files lawsuit against Chobani over alleged disability discrimination
"Former Chobani employee sues company citing discrimination over disability", 2 Mar 2018
...In the suit filed...in U.S. District Court, Griselda Coronado...has requested a jury trial in her claim that Chobani wrongfully terminated her in 2017. The plaintiff said that Chobani refused to accommodate her with regards to her physical disability...Chobani...declined a request for comment. Court documents state Coronado began working for Chobani in 2013 and has a "physical impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities." She was a case pack operator and took a medical leave of absence in late 2016 after Chobani refused to accommodate her. When Coronado asked to return to work with "reasonable accommodation"...the company fired her. Coronado has filed a charge of unlawful employment practices with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and was authorized to sue the company...