New York Employment Discrimination Lawyer from The Perecman Firm Comments on Rise in Age Discrimination Lawsuits
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges that Texas Roadhouse discriminated against qualified older job applicants when hiring workers.

NEW YORK, NY, October 16, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and a number of New York employment discrimination lawyers have seen an increase in age discrimination complaints filed since the economic downturn.

In early 2011, the EEOC reported that private sector workplace discrimination charge filings with the federal agency nationwide hit an unprecedented level of 99,922 during fiscal year 2010.

"Age discrimination is an equal opportunity problem. Members of all races, genders industries or regions can be affected," said David Perecman, a New York employment discrimination lawyer with over 30 years of experience handling employment discrimination and sexual harassment in the workplace claims in New York.

This year, age discrimination complaints are still being filed. Recently, an age discrimination lawsuit (Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-11732-DJC) was filed by the EEOC against Texas Roadhouse restaurants. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Allegedly, the chain of more than 350 eateries rejected older job applicants because of their age and practiced age discrimination in hiring "front of the house" employees.

According to the employment discrimination lawsuit, the age discrimination in the workplace was "nationwide" and stretched back at least to January 2007.

New York employment discrimination lawyers understand Texas Roadhouse emphasized youth. According to the complaint, Texas Roadhouse allegedly instructed its managers to hire younger job applicants and all of the images of employees in its employment manuals were of young people.

"Employers may feel they have an 'image to maintain' but this belief in no way overrides or supersedes the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," said employment discrimination lawyer Perecman.

Individuals who believe they may have been treated unfairly because of their age, should contact an experienced New York employment discrimination lawyer. Lawyers at The Perecman Firm are knowledgeable of New York and federal legislation that protects people of all ages, races, and gender.

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