Labor & Employment Law

$75,000 settles age case

EEOC and City of North Richland Hills, Texas, agreed on a $75,000 settlement on EEOC's claim that the city subjected a former employee to age-based harassment which resulted in his constructive discharge. 

EEOC claimed the employee was ridiculed with age-based taunts that he was too old to keep up, made too much money, and was too old to do his job. The EEOC also alleged that after suffering the abusive behavior for several months, the employee reported the harassment to his supervisor and to the city's human resources department, yet the city failed to take corrective action and the harassment increased to the point that the employee was forced to resign.

[Press release]

Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).