Dollar General to Pay $295,000 to Settle Age Discrimination Suit

Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle an age discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit, the EEOC said Tuesday.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said that from July 2016 until January 2018, a newly hired Dollar General regional director in Oklahoma harassed district managers who were in their 50s and older by calling them “grumpy old men,” telling them he was building “a millennial team” and they needed “young blood” in the stores, and threatening them to keep up with the “millennial team” or quit or be fired.

One district manager quit and reported the ...