Montrose Memorial Hospital, Inc. doing business as Montrose Regional Health, a regional medical center in the San Juan Valley in southwestern Colorado, violated federal law again when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against them when they complained, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. The EEOC previously sued the center in September 2016, before settling the suit via a three-year consent decree for $40 0,000 in January 2018. According to the new suit, older nurses in the Same Day Surgery/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (SDS/PACU) were harassed by two managers, including the chief nursing officer, who said at staff meetings she wanted “younger nurses [to] take over,” wanted “more youthful and energetic” staff, and older workers were “lazy” or not willing to work hard. Older nurses were also subjected to heightened scrutiny and supervision. When older workers complained about discrimination, Montrose failed to adequately address their complaints, and fired multiple workers in retaliation for complaining, the suit said.