Raytheon Company
Petitioner
Paul Grossman, Counsel of RecordHughes Missile Systems (a subsidiary of Raytheon Company) has an unwritten policy of refusing to rehire employees who were fired or forced to quit due to "gross misconduct." Hughes claims to have been exercising this policy when, on January 27, 1994, it refused to rehire Joel Hernandez, an ex-employee who had been forced to quit after 25 years with Hughes when he reported to work intoxicated and tested positive for cocaine. Hernandez filed suit against Hughes, alleging that the company discriminated against him because he is a former drug addict, in violation of the Americans With…
