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EMPLOYMENT LAW: Walgreens Faces Lawsuit after Firing a Worker with Diabetes

September 9, 2011

San Francisco- Walgreens Inc., a drugstore chain, has faced lawsuit after firing an employee with diabetes, according to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) website today.

Reports said Josefina Hernandez suddenly experienced a hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) attack while on duty when she opened a $1.39 bag of chips and ate it. She paid for the chips after her cashier duty. The management then fired her for the incident even though her superiors knew of her diabetes. Hernandez had been an employee at Walgreens San Francisco for 18 years and had no disciplinary record.

The aggrieved employee reported the employer misconduct to EEOC, in which the agency filed the lawsuit in US District Court for the Northern District of California. The federal agency is seeking compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of Hernandez, reports said.

Walgreens has at least 8,000 drug stores in the country. It has more than $1.9 billion net earnings in May 2011.

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