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Creative Networks to pay $57,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit <br />c, Px <br />tq� <br />r a <br />12/16/18, 11:41 AM <br />EsPa^oi I Cti er La3�c� r qrs <br />Enter search terms... Search <br />Fsd''-aral A,,-aind s Contact 3U <br />About "'`"k C <br />Home > About EEOC > Newsroom > Press Releases <br />Overview <br />L: • . ,:_.• ii <br />PRESS RELEASE <br />The Commission & <br />9-23-13 <br />the General Counsel <br />Meetings of the <br />Commission <br />Creative Networks to Pay $57,500 to Settle EECIC <br />Disability Discrimination Suit <br />Open Government <br />Newsroom <br />Disability Services Company Refused to Provide Deaf Applicants With Sign Language <br />Laws, Regulations, <br />During Training, Federal Agency Charged <br />Guidance & MOUs <br />Budget & <br />PHOENIX - Creative Networks, LLC, will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a <br />Performance <br />disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission <br />Enforcement & <br />(EEOC), the agency announced today Creative Networks provides services to disabled <br />Litigation <br />clients and is a Phoenix -based subsidiary of ResCare, Inc. <br />Initiatives <br />In its suit, the EEOC charged that Creative Networks violated federal law by adhering to a <br />Task Forces <br />rigid policy of denying deaf and hearing-impaired applicants' requests for American Sign <br />Interagency <br />Language (ASL) interpreting services costing more than $200 to complete its pre - <br />Programs <br />employment orientation and training. The EEOC accused Creative Networks of <br />Publications <br />discriminating against Rochelle Duran, a deaf applicant, by denying her request for ASL <br />Statistics <br />interpreting services necessary to complete the company's mandatory 24-hour pre - <br />employment orientation and training program. <br />Outreach & <br />Education <br />Instead, the EEOC said, Creative Networks offered Duran a mere $200 towards the cost of <br />Legislative Affairs <br />24 hours of ASL interpreting services, even though the company knew that the actual cost <br />FOIA <br />would far exceed this arbitrary limit. Creative Networks admitted it had sufficient resources to <br />Privacy <br />afford the interpretation services. When Duran was unable to attend the training due to <br />Creative Networks' refusal to provide her with a reasonable accommodation, the company <br />EEOCBusiness with <br />EEO <br />then declined to hire her. <br />Jobs & Internships <br />Last year, Judge David Alan Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona held as <br />EEOC History <br />a matter of law that Creative Networks failed to accommodate and failed to hire Duran <br />because of her disability in violation of the ADA. (EEOC v. Creative Networks L.L.C., 09 -CV - <br />Office of Inspector <br />02023, D. Ariz.). <br />) . <br />Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating <br />against qualified individuals in job application procedures, hiring, and job training because of <br />https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-23-13a.c€m Page 1 of 2 <br />