EEOC Sues Buc-ee’s for Alleged Disability Discrimination at Texas Store

Buc-ee’s, Ltd., a travel center retailer with locations throughout Texas and in 10 other states, violated federal law when it denied a disabled employee reasonable accommodations and subsequently terminated him, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced.

According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a Buc-ee’s cashier in Bastrop, Texas requested a reasonable accommodation in October 2024 for physician-imposed restrictions related to his disability, myasthenia gravis, a chronic neuromuscular condition.

Among the accommodations he requested was to have seating available at his workstation so that he could avoid standing continuously for more than 15 minutes at a time and regain his stamina after standing. But Buc-ee’s denied the cashier’s request, requiring that he stand continuously, and eventually the company fired him after he was unable to return to work due to denial of his accommodation request, the EEOC charged.

The type of conduct alleged in the EEOC’s complaint violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability and requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for workers’ disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship on the business.

The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Buc-ee’s, Ltd., Case No. 1:26-CV-0139) in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.

Source: EEOC