Infy settles US case
By Asha

A couple of years back, a 58 year old American sued Infosys because he was denied a job for which he had the qualifications and experience, but was older than the age group of employees Infosys prefers to hire.

Being America, where justice is relative swift, he went to the Courts.  The Center for Immigration Studies has details on how Infosys, after two years of fighting the case, has opted for an Out of Court Settlement.  Infosys has paid him money on the condition that the details of their settlement are not made public.

“
A 58-year-old U.S. citizen who has spent his life as a computer programmer applied for a job with Infosys. (I know his name, but it is irrelevant.)

Some time ago the U.S. citizen responded to a help-wanted ad in which Infosys noted a maximum experience requirement; it said, in effect, that it did not want anyone who was too experienced. The applicant had more than a quarter-century of the right kind of experience, so he was not hired.

The applicant, correctly, figured that this was age discrimination and took the case to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; court records show that the agency must have agreed with him and gave him a "permit to sue" decision.

Then the applicant hired a lawyer, used the EEOC document, and went into U.S. District Court. Prior to hearing any evidence, the judge ordered arbitration, but before that could begin, the two parties settled out of court. The judge then closed the case, unless the terms of the settlement are not met. We gather it was a long, drawn-out, two-year ordeal for the plaintiff.
“