IBM Ditches Laid-Off Older HR Workers’ Age Discrimination Claims

International Business Machines Corp. defeated former employees’ allegations that age played a role in their terminations during a layoff that the workers say deviated from the company’s standard practices.

The two ex-human resources workers, both in their 60s when they lost their jobs, lack evidence that IBM used the unique nature of a reducation that occurred after a spinoff left their HR department with different tasks and too many employees as cover for age bias against them or in general, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said Wednesday.

Plaintiffs Pamela Wimbish and Patricia Onken’s case ...