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Eeoc Vs Waffle House Pros And Cons
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is an agency of the Federal Government created to handle all types of employment discrimination and to ensure that equal opportunity is given to employees. In the case of EEOC vs Waffle House, I was glad to see that the EEOC’s stepped in and file a suit against Waffle House for violating the ADA. I feel that it was very unfair that Baker was terminated due to he had a seizure at work, but I was happy to see that the EEOC trumped the arbitration at the end.
The court said that that the EEOC trumped the arbitration contract between the employee and the employer because the EEOC was not a party to the contract but had independent statutory authority to bring a suit to the court.
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