Papa John's hired a blind worker, then fired him before he'd worked a shift when he asked to bring his service dog to work, a federal agency says

• Papa John's refused to let a blind worker bring his service dog to work, and fired him instead, the EEOC said.
• The worker needed the dog to travel to work and had asked to keep him in a back room during his shift, per the EEOC lawsuit.
• Papa John's has agreed to pay the worker $175,000 to settle the disability-discrimination lawsuit.

Papa John's fired a blind worker before he'd even worked his first shift after refusing to let him keep his service dog in a back room while he worked, a federal agency claimed in a lawsuit.

The pizza chain has now agreed to pay the worker $175,000 to settle the disability-discrimination lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.