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California School District Settles Age Discrimination Case

The Washington Unified School District in Fresno, Calif. settled a federal charge of firing a 65-year-old teacher. The age discrimination charge was filed in April 2022 by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the employee was denied reasonable …

EEOC Sues Two Automakers, Alleging Discrimination and Harassment

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Jan. 17 sued two large automakers, accusing General Motors and the United Auto Workers of age discrimination and the Stellantis unit that includes Chrysler of subjecting female employees to sexual harassment. GM and …

Judge Says X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to …

Major Defense Contractor Accused of Discriminating Against Older Workers

A major defense contractor was sued Tuesday over allegations that it discriminated against older workers in job ads. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston accuses RTX Corporation of posting ads that target younger workers at the expense of …

Ohio’s Cedar Point Amusement Park Fined $50K in Age Discrimination Suit

An Ohio will pay $50,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. Cedar Fair, L.P., doing business as Cedar Point, and Magnum Management Corporation, which own, operate, and …

Louisiana Manufacturer to Pay $105K Over Age Discrimination Suit

J&M Industries, Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company based in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, has agreed to pay a former employee $105,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According …

Former Detroit Tigers Scouts Sue Team for Age Discrimination in Termination

DETROIT (AP) – A pair of former Detroit Tigers scouts sued the team, alleging age discrimination over their terminations after the 2020 season. Gary Pellant and Randall Johnson filed the suit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit, claiming a …

Judge Allows Age-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s X to Proceed

A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of disproportionately laying off older workers when Elon Musk acquired the company last year. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston on Tuesday …

MLB Sued by 17 Ex-Scouts Over Age Discrimination

Seventeen former Major League Baseball scouts who say they were discriminated against because of their age sued the league, its teams and Commissioner Rob Manfred on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver. The former scouts …

Louisiana Manufacturing Company Sued for Age Discrimination

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 …