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2006-01-14 16:56	Wyrok p-ko Austrian Airlines za dyskryminacje	mela
Okragle pol miliona za wyrzucenie kierownika z pracy. I to bez rozprawy sadowej. Widac nie czuli sie na silach bronic swoich praktyk. A jak sobie dzielne linie Austrian radza Polsce, i jak rzad radzi sobie z ich dyskryminacja? Friday, Jan. 13, 2006 Austrian Airlines Agrees to Settle Age Bias Claims for $500K By LINDA COADY, ESQ., Andrews Publications Staff Writer Austrian Airlines will pay $500,000 to settle an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit that accused the airline of age discrimination against its 51-year-old former director of sales when it fired him and then replaced him with a 32-year-old employee. The consent decree, which provides for a $500,000 payment to the fired sales director, William Thoman, still must be approved by U.S. District Judge Edward Korman. According to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Thoman was fired from his job as sales director for Austrian Airlines North America in December 2002 because he objected to the airline's general manager's remarks that older Americans are "worthless and ineffective" and that U.S. law prevented the company from just "get[ing] rid" of older workers. Thoman's replacement was 32 years old, the complaint says. Thoman filed a charge of age discrimination with the EEOC, which decided to pursue the claim on his behalf. The agency filed suit in federal court for alleged violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act after concluding the dispute could not be resolved through its voluntary pre-litigation conciliation process. The $500,000 payment includes $250,000 for alleged lost wages and/or benefits, while the balance is for agreed-upon damages, according to the consent decree. In exchange, Thoman has agreed to sign a general release and Austrian will pay him $1,000 for the lawyer he hired to review the terms of that release, the agreement says. The settlement, which remains in effect until Sept. 1, 2008, requires Austrian Airlines to display an EEOC poster in the lunchroom of all of its U.S. locations, including its offices in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The poster outlines employee rights under federal anti-discrimination statutes, what role the EEOC plays in cases of discrimination and procedures employees should follow if they believe they have been the victims of discrimination. Austrian also agrees to establish a complaint procedure and to provide continuing training for its employees and sales and marketing managers in the United States. However, the training must be provided by an entity approved by the EEOC, in this case, the law firm Jackson Lewis LLP, according to the settlement. The airline also agreed to monitoring by the EEOC, a procedure that may involve the agency's inspecting records and interviewing employees and witnesses to be certain the airline is complying with the settlement agreement. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Austrian Airlines, No. 05-CV-00294, settlement announced (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 28, 2005). Employment Litigation Reporter Volume 20, Issue 13 01/13/2006 skomentuj

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