BELLINGHAM — A Bellingham-based construction company will pay $100,000 and train employees as part of a settlement for a federal disability discrimination lawsuit.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which filed the lawsuit, announced the settlement with Diamond B Constructors Inc. and its successor Harris Companies on Tuesday.
Harris acquired Diamond B in 2018. The settlement money will be paid to Angela Watson as compensatory damages.
Watson was hired to work on a reconstruction project at what is now called the Marathon Anacortes Refinery (formerly known as Tesoro Refinery), according to the lawsuit.
A certified pipefitter and rigger, Watson told her direct supervisor that she has epilepsy. The supervisor and other Diamond B supervisors decided that she couldn’t safely work at heights and ended her employment, according to the EEOC.
