Posted On: October 10, 2007
Corporate Lawyers Win Millions for Age Bias
A huge corporate law firm, Sidley & Austin, just paid 27.5 million to 32 lawyers that it forced into retirement. The EEOC sued Sidley & Austin for violating the lawyer's rights under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The 27.5M was paid to settle the suit.
It is illegal to force employees to leave a company due to their age. My 13 year old son knows that a company cannot fire people just because of their age - unless they are pilots or ambulance drivers. Sidley & Austin has its own employment law department, but apparently the firm did not get good advice.
