EEOC Age Discrimination Lawsuit Settlement

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits employment discrimination because of age, and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (”EEOC”) is a federal agency which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination, including workplace age bias.  Employees and applicants 40 years of age and older are protected under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.  In 2008, age discrimination charges received by the EEOC totaled 24,582, representing a 28.7 percent increase over 2007.

In a November Press Release at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/newsroom/release/11-13-09.cfm , EEOC lawyers announced that a credit union company agreed to pay $57,250.00 to settle an EEOC age discrimination lawsuit.  According to the EEOC Press Release, a 61-year-old teller claimed in the case that she was fired in October 2003 because of her age.  An EEOC lawyer quoted in the lawsuit Press Release stated, in part, that statistics show age discrimination remains a serious issue across the country.  Further information about the EEOC is available at www.eeoc.gov . 

Whether workplace age bias takes place in Beaumont, Galveston, Houston or elsewhere, victims of age discrimination in employment may contact the EEOC and a lawyer to determine if an age discrimination lawsuit is ultimately appropriate under the particular circumstances and facts of the potential age bias claim.