IBM Gets Some Claims Cut From Ex-Workers’ Age Bias Class Suit

One of four former IBM employees spearheading a class action alleging the company engaged in systemic bias against older workers and replaced them with younger ones, as well as certain other ex-employees who agreed to arbitrate in exchange for severance, can’t pursue the case, a federal judge in New York ruled.

But it’s too early to determine whether another named plaintiff was too late in bringing the alleged bias to the attention of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said. It’s also too soon to tell the impact that charges ...