In June 2002, the San Antonio District Office of the EEOC filed this lawsuit against financial services company Norwest Financial Texas, Inc., doing business as Wells Fargo Financial Texas, Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, alleging the defendant violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 by failing to hire a 51-year-old applicant for a management trainee position and instead hiring eight other people with inferior credentials. We do not have a copy of the complaint; therefore, the exact allegations are unknown. Following some discovery, the parties settled the lawsuit in October 2003 through a consent decree.

The 2 year consent decree, containing an anti-discrimination provision, required the defendant to comply with the ADEA's record keeping provisions, provide training to management employees, post notice, and pay $130,000 to two individuals.

Daisy Manning - 05/14/2008


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