Operator of Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore named in discrimination lawsuit

• A former employee at the Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore is now suing the operator of the property
• The lawsuit is filed by the EEOC and comes following unsuccessful pre-trial litigation
• EEOC insists that the defendants have breached existing statutes under ADA

The casino operator CBAC Borrower, LLC, which is trading as the Horseshoe Casino, Caesars Baltimore Management Co., LLC, and Caesars Entertainment, Inc., has been named in a new lawsuit alleging discriminatory and retaliatory practices against a disabled former employee.

Employee turns to EEOC to argue his case against Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore

The lawsuit was filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Wednesday, December 31, and purports that a person who worked as a table games dealer at the Horseshoe Casino property in Baltimore was unjustly discriminated against, citing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as the basis of litigation.

Before filing the lawsuit with the US District Court for the District of Maryland, the EEOC attempted to engage in a pre-litigation settlement with the defendants, which proved unsuccessful.

The EEOC recounted the case concerning the employee, who fell ill in April 2023 while working on-site at the property, although the lawsuit does not allege that the casino had anything to do with it.

Rather, the property failed to engage with the employee upon the completion of his treatment.

The person asked when he would be able to return to work, but the property allegedly "unlawfully concluded that the employee could work only if he had no restrictions, fired him, and refused to reinstate or rehire him."

According to EOOC’s Philadelphia District Office Regional Attorney, Debra Lawrence, employers cannot discriminate against disabled workers by dismissing them from the workforce over a disability-related restriction, including after a medical leave.

"Employers have a duty to engage in an interactive process to identify and provide reasonable accommodations." The Commission is committed to enforcing the rights secured by the ADA and remedying unlawful retaliation and interference with those rights," Lawrence explained, arguing that the actions of the companies named in the lawsuit violated existing statutes under the ADA.

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