Broomfield RV parts manufacturer pays $100,000 to settle EEOC complaint

BROOMFIELD — Carefree of Colorado LLC has agreed to pay $100,000 to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on behalf of a deaf applicant two years ago.

In a statement Friday morning, the EEOC’s Denver field office said the applicant will receive $100,000 in back pay and damages over the next three years and the company will be required to provide more Americans with Disabilities Act compliance training to its staff.

“Preventing discrimination against deaf job applicants is particularly important because of the underemployment of hearing-impaired individuals,” said Mary Jo O’Neill, an attorney with the commission’s Phoenix…