THE US government is taking a lawsuit against the Starbucks coffee company for firing a barista after three days – because she was a dwarf.
Reuters reports that when Elsa Sallard asked for a stool or stepladder to stand on, the company fired her, just three days after she had started her training at a Starbucks in El Paso, Texas.
The US Equal Employment Commission Lawyer, Robert Canino, said:
Starbucks has become a virtual icon of modern American culture…We’d hope that when considering hiring a person with a disability, Starbucks would choose to enhance its brand with the mark of equal opportunity and access.
In a statement, Starbucks told the El Paso Times that it had a policy of “zero tolderance” for workplace discrimination.
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