Google has reached a settlement to resolve a lawsuit from a former manager who claimed he was fired because the company aimed to oust older men in favor of younger women, according to a filing in Texas federal court.
Google Settles Suit Claiming It Pushed Out Older Men : Settlement Reached
Jeffrey Keplar asked the court on Friday to dismiss his case against Google LLC, stating that the parties had reached a settlement and the company would send him a check by July 8. Keplar and Google initially alerted the court on May 7 that they had reached an agreement, preventing a jury trial set to start on May 20.
Age Bias Claims Proceeded
U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle allowed Keplar’s age bias claims under the Texas Labor Code and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act to proceed to trial by refusing to dismiss those claims in November. Keplar had shown that he suffered an adverse employment action — his firing at age 64 — despite strong performance reviews. During his first two years as an enterprise sales manager with Google’s cloud sales organization, he met his sales quotas, Judge Boyle noted.
