Google Age-Bias Suit by Job Seeker to Proceed as Group Case
- Company accused of bypassing older workers for younger hires
- Judge allows others denied jobs since 2010 to join lawsuit
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A woman’s age-discrimination lawsuit against Google can include others who might have been denied a job with the company because they were deemed too old.
A federal judge in San Jose, California, on Wednesday gave conditional approval for the suit to proceed with group status on behalf of people age 40 and older who unsuccessfully sought engineering positions with the internet giant since August 2010.