Pearson VUE / NCS Pearson Settled Filed Jun 27, 2025

EEOC v. Pearson Education, Inc.

2:25-cv-12214

Court
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Plaintiffs
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (on behalf of blind and visually impaired Pearson Education employees)
Defendants
Pearson Education, Inc.
Causes of action
ADA Title I employment discrimination; failure to provide reasonable accommodations
Settlement
TBD

Allegations

Pearson failed to provide reasonable accommodations to blind/visually impaired employees because its third-party benefits, leave, payroll, and training portals were inaccessible to screen-reader users. A senior QA engineer for blindness technologies lost 44 hours of unused paid leave because she could not access leave-balance information.

Outcome / Status

Pending. Parties reported "near settlement" as of April 8, 2026 (Law360).

Appellate history

None
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