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EEOC Sues South Valley Care Center for Age Discrimination and Retaliation

South Valley Care Center, LLC, a long-term nursing care facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, violated federal law when it harassed and discriminated against older employees and retaliated against these workers when they complained, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, older workers in the laundry department were harassed by their supervisor, including the supervisor making comments such as “You are too old now, you cannot get another job” and “You should be ashamed of yourself” for “[g]etting pregnant at 40 years old.” Older workers were also treated less favorably than younger workers, including not being provided the same number of breaks and not receiving their preferred schedules as younger workers. When older workers complained about age and national origin discrimination, South Valley failed to adequately address their complaints and fired at least two workers in retaliation for complaining.