Hy-Vee says it will re-hire disabled employee fired over 20-cent deposit mixup

An Iowa-based grocery store chain that fired a 43-year-old mentally disabled man over 20 cents in bottle deposit receipts is now offering to rehire him.

Kyle Dowie of Clive was fired from an Urbandale Hy-Vee store Nov. 2.

Dowie's mother, Jeanann Johnson, says he found the receipts from September in a coat pocket and tried to redeem them with receipts from bottles and cans he turned in before work. She says he was confused about where the September receipts came from.

Dowie was questioned about the receipts and fired.

His attorney, Brooke Timmer, filed a complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission and says Dowie's firing violates state and federal laws.

Hy-Vee spokeswoman Ruth Comer declined to discuss specifics of the case, but says Hy-Vee has offered Dowie another job.