Amazon Delivery Company Sued in Michigan for Disability Discrimination

ALM Freight, LLC, an Amazon Delivery Service Partner company, and LMDmax Corp., violated federal law at ALM’s Pontiac, Michigan facility by failing to provide a reasonable accommodation for a deaf job applicant after she requested an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for her first-day orientation, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, the applicant applied for and was offered a driver position with ALM in November 2022. She accepted the position and began communicating with LMDmax, ALM’s employment agency, to complete onboarding paperwork and a required background check.

After completing the background check, she requested an ASL interpreter for her first-day orientation. LMDmax responded with a text message advising the applicant that ALM does not provide interpreters and ALM would not proceed with her hiring. ALM Freight knew of the request and approved LMDmax’s decision, the suit said.

Such alleged conduct violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination based on disability, and requires employers to make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship.

The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. ALM Freight, LLC, and LMDmax Corp., Case No. 2:25-cv-13655) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.

Source: EEOC