Shop 'n Save settles discrimination suit

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The St. Louis-based grocery store chain Shop 'n Save agrees to pay $49,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The suit alleged that the chain failed to reasonably accommodate 10-year employee Rodney Roundtree, who worked at a store in St. Ann. He has the autoimmune neuromuscular disease Myasthenia Gravis. The disease caused muscle weakness and he asked to be transferred from clerk duties to a less-strenuous job as a checker.

The EEOC says that Shop 'n Save denied the request and fired Roundtree in 2005.

In addition to the payment, the company will provide training on federal disability discrimination law to managers.

A spokeswoman for Shop 'n Save did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.