02/02/2024

SHRM Pays $221,000 to Settle Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

The suit alleged SHRM violated the ADA

Who was involved: The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and three HR professionals who are hearing impaired.

What happened: The HR professionals are members of SHRM. They alleged the organization violated Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires businesses to ensure that individuals with disabilities can access goods and services. Specifically, the HR pros said the training and events teams failed to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure its online content was accessible to hearing-impaired and d/Deaf individuals. Plaintiffs stated in their complaint that SHRM habitually provided inadequate transcriptions, captioning, and sign language interpretation in the following products:

• Large in-person events (conferences and expos)
• Instructor-led and live online programs (certification prep webinars, educational programs, podcasts, webcasts and conference livestreams)
• Learning system content (e-learning modules, on-demand content)

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