Damar Services, Inc., an Indianapolis-based provider of accommodations for people with developmental disabilities, will pay $65,000 and provide other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today.
According to the EEOC lawsuit, Damar employed hiring standards that screened out applicants with hearing and visual impairments, conducted prohibited disability-related inquiries, and rejected a qualified housekeeper applicant because he was deaf despite his ability to perform the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
The lawsuit alleges that on March 1, 2023, Damar conducted a telephone interview in which he learned that the applicant was deaf and told him that it would not accommodate his disability, then rejected the applicant.
Additionally, the company’s interview questions include prohibited medical inquiries, and its eligibility criteria require candidates to have oral communication, hearing and vision within normal limits.
Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits disability discrimination. The EEOC first attempted to reach a pre-litigation settlement through the administrative mediation process and then filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division (EEOC v. Damar Services, Inc., Case No. 1:26-cv-00575-MPB-TAB).
Source: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
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