A Louisiana manufacturing and distribution company was sued last week for age discrimination after it allegedly fired an employee because of her age.
A lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged that J&M Industries, Inc., based in Ponchatoula, fired after a woman she refused to retire when she turned 65 years old.
According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, a company manager asked an employee repeatedly about retirement as she approached her 65th birthday, including directly asking her, “When are you going to retire,” “Why don’t you retire at 65,” and “What is the reason you are not retiring?” After telling the company she had no plans to retire, the company informed the employee her position of purchasing agent was being eliminated due to economic uncertainty. Less than a month after firing the employee, the company hired a man in his thirties as a new purchasing agent, the same position the company claimed to have eliminated.
Such alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits discrimination against individuals forty or older because of age.
Source: EEOC
Topics Lawsuits Louisiana Manufacturing
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