JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a disability discrimination brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
EEOC claimed that Bank One, which was acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2004, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act by failing to properly accommodate employees who took more than six months of medical leave.
According to the statement of EEOC, Bank One had a policy of permitting employees who returned from short-term disability within six months to keep their jobs. Employees who asked for more than six months of disability leave were not guaranteed their jobs.
J.P. Morgan Chase said in the statement that Chase was settling this case to resolve this matter expeditiously and also because this agreement reaffirms its commitment to providing reasonable accommodations to its employees.
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