Sims Recycling Solutions Inc., an international electronics recycling company, and Tennessee-based staffing agency All-Star Personnel Inc. will pay $25,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the agency announced today.

The EEOC’s lawsuit charged that Sims and All-Star violated federal law by refusing to assign an individual temporary work because she has a hearing impairment. The lawsuit contended that All-Star assigned the employee to work at a Sims recycling facility in LaVergne, Tenn. When Sims learned the employee had a hearing impairment, Sims and All-Star told the employee she could not work there, according to the EEOC.

“All-Star Personnel employed this individual before, during and after this investigation, said All-Star President Steve Weldon. “All-Star Personnel cooperated fully and complies with all ADA requirements.”

The two-year consent decree settling the lawsuit prohibits Sims and All-Star from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of a disability in the future. The decree also requires Sims and All-Star to create policies for providing reasonable accommodations to applicants;, provide training on employee rights under the ADA, provide two reports to EEOC, and post an ADA notice to all employees that provides EEOC’s contact information.