Age Discrimination
PricewaterhouseCoopers Age Discrimination Reserve Fund Settlement
The original complaint for this age discrimination class action alleged that PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) discriminated in its hiring against people over forty. PwC settled the class action back in 2020 and paid an initial round of claims in 2021. At issue now is a $300,000 reserve fund, meant to compensate persons who applied for certain Read more
Tinder Age Discrimination Settlement
Tinder, Inc., Match Group, LLC, and Match Group, Inc. are paying more than $5 million to settle a class action alleging they charged higher prices for Tinder Plus and Tinder Gold to users who were 29 or older. The complaint alleged that this violated the California Unruh Civil Act, among other things. The Unruh Act Read more
Konica Minolta Age Discrimination “Relocation” Plan Class Action
When employers announce layoffs or transfers, are they inventing excuses to discriminate against older employees? The complaint for this class action alleges that Konica Minolta, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions USA, Inc. violated New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (NJ LAD) and engaged in age discrimination, disparate treatment, and disparate impact against its older workers Read more
HP Age Discrimination Workforce Reduction Plan and Antitrust Class Action
This class action sues HP Enterprise Services, LLC and HP, Inc., for a Workforce Reduction Plan that the complaint says discriminates by age. It points out that, as of October 2015, over 85% of California-based workers terminated under the plan are 40 years of age or older. Read more
Amazon Warehouse Firing of Older, Injured Workers Class Action
If employees are injured in the course of their duties, should they then be fired because they can’t perform those duties any longer? The complaint for this class action alleges that Amazon.com Services, Inc. and its warehouse partner Golden State FC, LLC refused to reassign employees to other duties when they had injuries or disabilities, Read more