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Las Vegas’ Downtown Grand to Pay $720,000 in Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

  • The Downtown Grand did not reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities
  • One employee who wore an ostomy bag because of cancer was fired
  • Some employees were further discriminated against for trying to protect their rights
Dan Katz

Dan Katz graduated with a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Emory University. He clearly uses neither of those degrees now, having been writing about the gambling industry (specializing in poker) since 2005. Prior to that, he was an IT and management consultant. He is an avid gamer, primarily on PC, and enjoys collecting retro video games and consoles; finding room to set them all up is his current challenge. Dan lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and two children. You can get in touch with Dan at [email protected].

Downtown Grand
The Downtown Grand refused to make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

The Downtown Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas has agreed to pay $720,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The lawsuit claims that the casino, located about a block off the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, violated anti-discrimination laws multiple times since 2018, “including failing to provide reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities and terminating an employee with colon cancer because he wore an ostomy bag.”

employees quit their jobs because of the conditions

In some instances, employees quit their jobs because of the conditions. Some employees who stayed faced retaliation – including discipline, worse working conditions, and firing – for trying to stand up for their legal rights.

The EEOC originally attempted to work with the Downtown Grand through a conciliation process to avoid legal action, but when that failed, it filed suit in U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Downtown Grand will pay the $720,000 in relief and implement measures to prevent disability discrimination. Said measures will include disability antidiscrimination law training, procedures for handling “reasonable” accommodation requests and discrimination complaints, and the use of someone external to the company to monitor compliance with all ADA rules.

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