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Creative Networks to Pay $57,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit S. qual Employment r"-porkin:ty C.01iifillssion 12/16/18, 11:41 AM Esnai,cl l Diner Ln.-,— .=. Enter search terms... Search CONNECT VViTH US ® 11 U © a, Enpn s $A..Erlye- snc1ps FrvsClaral Ar,,an c,,s.:?"I,al.T i... About E0 Home > About EEOC > Newsroom > Press Releases Overview Language (ASL) interpreting services costing more than $200 to complete its pre - Programs PRESS RELEASE The Commission & 9-23-13theGeneralCounsel interpreting services necessary to complete the company's mandatory 24-hour pre - Meetings of CommCommissionn Creative Networks to Pay $57,500 to Settle EEOC Outreach & Disability Discrimination SuitOpenGovernment Instead, the EEOC said, Creative Networks offered Duran a mere $200 towards the cost of Newsroom Disability Services Company Refused to Provide Deaf Applicants With Sign Language Laws, Regulations, During Training, Federal Agency ChargedGuidance & MOUs afford the interpretation services. When Duran was unable to attend the training due to Budget & PHOENIX - Creative Networks, LLC, will pay $57,500 and furnish other relief to settle a Performance disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Enforcement & EEOC), the agency announced today. Creative Networks provides services to disabled Litigation clients and is a Phoenix -based subsidiary of ResCare, Inc. Initiatives In its suit, the EEOC charged that Creative Networks violated federal law by adhering to a Task Forces rigid policy of denying deaf and hearing-impaired applicants' requests for American Sign Interagency Language (ASL) interpreting services costing more than $200 to complete its pre - Programs employment orientation and training. The EEOC accused Creative Networks of Publications discriminating against Rochelle Duran, a deaf applicant, by denying her request for ASL Statistics interpreting services necessary to complete the company's mandatory 24-hour pre - employment orientation and training program. Outreach & Education Instead, the EEOC said, Creative Networks offered Duran a mere $200 towards the cost of Legislative Affairs 24 hours of ASL interpreting services, even though the company knew that the actual cost FOIA would far exceed this arbitrary limit. Creative Networks admitted it had sufficient resources to Privacy afford the interpretation services. When Duran was unable to attend the training due to Creative Networks' refusal to provide her with a reasonable accommodation, the company Doing Business with EEOC then declined to hire her. Jobs & Internships Last year, Judge David Alan Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona held as EEOC History a matter of law that Creative Networks failed to accommodate and failed to hire Duran Office of Inspector because of her disability in violation of the ADA. (EEOC v. Creative Networks L.L.C., 09 -CV - General 02023, D. Ariz.). Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits employers from discriminating against qualified individuals in job application procedures, hiring, and job training because of https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/9-23-13a.cfm Page 1 of 2