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Dollar General rescinded job offers to some applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, the EEOC claims.
  • Dollar General rescinded job offers to applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, an EEOC lawsuit claims.
  • Applicants to its warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama had to complete "extensive" medical exams, per the EEOC.
  • The discount retailer has agreed to pay $1 million to settle the disability-discrimination lawsuit.

Dollar General violated disability-discrimination laws by rescinding job offers to some applicants with high blood pressure or poor eyesight, a federal agency said in a lawsuit.