EEOC Goes to Bat for Superannuated Lifeguards
20th June 2012
Nassau County, N.Y., had let go 71-year-old veteran lifeguard Jay Lieberfarb after he failed a swim test. Charging that the county had not always dismissed younger guards who had failed the same test, the EEOC proceeded to negotiate a $65,000 back pay settlement, a three-year consent decree and other relief.
Sometimes it is good to be the victim … or at least profitable. At taxpayer expense, of course.