IBM battles to settle yet more age discrimination claims
IBM is preparing to settle yet more age discrimination and wage theft complaints against the IT giant, though in one instance where it has already done so, Big Blue is accused of failing to comply with the terms of its settlement agreement.
Back in 2018, IBM was in the headlines, accused of deliberately trying to get rid of older workers and replace them with younger Millennials. Two years later, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [PDF] that IBM's defense of its decisions – that was just a coincidence if its layoffs seemingly primarily targeted the over-40s –"does not withstand scrutiny" and that"there is reasonable cause to believe that [IBM] has discriminated against [employees] on the basis of age.
Numerous lawsuits alleging age discrimination have followed, as well as lawsuits alleging that the mainframe goliath capped or withheld sales commissions, sometimes in conjunction with race, gender, or age discrimination. Nonetheless, IBM has consistently denied that it engaged in systematic age discrimination, as chief human resources Officer Nickle LaMoreaux
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