Acme Electric to pay $846K after firing cancer patient

Published: September 14, 2011
Tags: Acme Electric, Actuant Corp., Charles Wideman

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California civil rights agency has ordered a Wisconsin company to pay $846,000 for firing a sales manager who had to limit work travel as he was recovering from cancer surgery. The Fair Employment and Housing Commission’s award in the case of Charles Wideman is the largest payment it has ever [...]