Business Services Industry
Nine Plaintiffs Claim Age Discrimination in Belk's Restructuring Campaign.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October, 2003
By Leigh Dyer, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Oct. 3--Charlotte-based Belk Inc. on Thursday denied allegations that it engaged in age discrimination when it restructured operations last year and eliminated 260 jobs.
Altogether, nine plaintiffs are arguing that the restructuring was a systematic attempt to eliminate the jobs of workers older than 50 in favor of younger employees -- illegal under federal age-discrimination laws.
"We deny all of the allegations," Belk spokesman Steve Pernotto said of the lawsuits. He declined further comment on the cases, citing company policy.
As the department store company announced the changes last year, Belk officials said it was aimed at consolidating much...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
Presented by American Express