Brian Reid, a former operations manager at Google Inc., last week filed a lawsuit against the search engine giant, alleging the company’s culture discriminates against older workers.
The lawsuit, filed in Santa Clara Superior court, alleges Google fired Reid in February 2004 because he didn’t fit in a culture emphasizing “youth and energy,” The Associated Press […]

A Federal District Court in the Southern District of Illinois ruled that IBM’s cash-balance pension plan violated the age of discrimination provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). IBM said it disagrees with the district court’s ruling and would appeal the decision.
The New York Times reported “Judge G. Patrick Murphy of […]