Illinois Bell Telephone Co. v. Human Rights Commission

Petitioner, Illinois Bell Telephone Company, appeals from a decision of the Illinois Human Rights Commission (Commission) that petitioner unlawfully discriminated against petitioner’s employee, complainant Mary Amos, in discharging her because of her absenteeism occasioned by her endometriosis disease handicap, and because of petitioner’s unreasonable failure to accommodate her handicap. Petitioner was ordered to reinstate complainant in her employment. We affirm.

The testimony presented at the evidentiary hearing established the following.

Prior to complainant’s employment by petitioner,…