Federal authorities made it plain in this case: There’s no good reason for age discrimination.
Owners of a casino in Laughlin, NV, will pay $200,000 to settle an age discrimination and gender bias lawsuit.
Federal officials say the casino’s former management tried to harass senior cocktail servers into quitting and planned to replace them with younger ones.
The River Palms Resort & Casino will divide the money among six female waitresses and one male former supervisor, according to wire service reports.
The casino will also have to keep records of all discrimination complaints and provide annual reports to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The EEOC says the alleged harassment occurred before current owner, Columbia Sussex, bought the casino in 2003.
