(Eden Prairie, MN) — An Eden Prairie-based company is paying a woman to settle a federal lawsuit. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Employer Solutions Group has agreed to pay 40-year-old Shannon Enstad 95-thousand-dollars after she was fired because she needed crutches to get around after knee surgery. According to the suit, Enstad needed crutches after having her ACL repaired but was fired soon after she cleared to work again. In addition to paying Enstad, ESG is now required to eliminate any policy or practice that requires workers to be released without restrictions or 100-percent healed in order to work.
About the Author: Ashley Hanley
Ashley (Goettl) Hanley is a North Mankato native and Mankato West graduate who made the switch from TV journalism to radio.
After five years at KEYC News 12, Ashley is thrilled to be working for KTOE News. Ashley and her husband John, and son John, enjoy spending time in the community. You can also find Ashley coaching and playing softball and supporting her brother on the MSU football team and her sister with Scarlet athletics.
Even though she went to the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Ashley kept her Minnesota roots and is a big Twins and Vikings fan!
