A Technology Firm in New York Faces Lawsuit for Not Hiring Deaf Engineer

A Rochester, New York technology firm has been charged with allegedly violating federal law by ending its interview with and failing to hire a qualified applicant for an engineering role because he is deaf.

According to a lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in November 2022, Robert Rademacher interviewed for a job as an automation engineer with Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc. The lawsuit says that upon realizing Rademacher is deaf and was using a sign-language interpreter, Tech Mahindra “abruptly stopped the interview and told him he was not going to get the job.”

Tech Mahindra followed up with an email telling him, “While you have the perfect skill set for this role it would be a challenge having an inter[preter] on-site.”

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