EEOC, Wisconsin Regents Settle Age Discrimination Suit (1)

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the University of Wisconsin System’s Board of Regents have settled an age discrimination suit alleging a 23-year-old former student intern was hired over a 53-year-old employee recently laid off after 26 years, federal court records show.

The board will pay $45,000 to resolve the bias lawsuit, according to the settlement document obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The notice of settlement was filed with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on Monday. Judge James D. Peterson dismissed the case without prejudice, saying in a docket entry Monday that it was “unnecessary” to ...