The Nonprofit Catholic Charities is Sued for Age Discrimination

On September 19, 2008, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that the nonprofit organization Catholic Charities has been sued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for age discrimination.  Here is an excerpt from the article:

Catholic Charities of San Francisco committed age discrimination when it fired a 71-year-old advocate for seniors and replaced him with an unqualified woman half his age, a federal civil rights agency charged in a lawsuit Thursday.

The nonprofit organization denied the accusation and said the employee had been let go because he refused to take on full-time work.

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The civil rights agency believes the real reason Brigham was let go was because he was just a few months short of “vesting his retirement benefits,” Tamayo said.

The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and policies to prevent any future discrimination.

For the entire article, see “Catholic Charities Sued for Age Discrimination” in the September 19, 2008, issue of the San Francisco Chronicle.

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