A federal judge Monday stayed his Oct. 21 ruling that UPS must give deaf and hearing impaired workers the same opportunity as others to become truck drivers.
The stay allows UPS to appeal the decision and could mean the ruling will not be enforced for years if at all.
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson last month ruled UPS violates anti-discrimination laws by barring the hearing-impaired from handling its parcel delivery trucks. Henderson had said the company breached the Americans with Disabilities Act and ordered it to change policy within 30 days.
According to the Associated Press report, “The stay means the UPS policy barring the deaf from operating trucks weighing less than 10,000 pounds will not be changed for years, if at all, pending the outcome of lengthy appeals.”
The federal government bars the hearing impaired from operating trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds.
The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx Corp. allow some deaf drivers to operate delivery vehicles under 10,000 pounds.
UPS says hearing impaired drivers pose a safety risk.
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