Starbucks settles with dwarf fired from barista job

[The Northerner]

(Reuters) - Starbucks Coffee Co. has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of a Texas barista who said she was fired because she was a dwarf.

The global coffee giant agreed to settle with Elsa Sallard, who was fired in 2009 after three days of training at a Starbucks coffee shop in El Paso, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said on Thursday.

The firm also agreed to provide training on disability issues for all managers and supervisory employees at the firm's El Paso locations.

The Commission filed the lawsuit in May. During her training Sallard, who's stature is small because of dwarfism, offered to use a stool or small stepladder to carry out some of the tasks of preparing orders and serving customers.

Her offer was ignored by the manager. On the same day, Starbucks fired her, claiming that she would pose a "danger" to customers and employees.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/19/us-starbucks-dwarf-idUSTRE77I0BP20110819

[TwilightGardener]

1. Awful treatment. And I'm pretty sure they saw how short she was

WHEN THEY HIRED HER.

[Poll_Blind]

2. I hope she takes that cash, goes to college and becomes a lawyer!

:evilgrin:

PB