New Work Suits: PayPal Faces Age, Race, Disability Bias Claims

PayPal Inc. refused to accommodate a former cybersecurity consultant’s disability and fired him because of his age and Pakistani descent, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court.

The case is one of 466 labor and employment lawsuits initiated between Jan. 6 and 12, the pace picking up from the 303 filings of the New Year’s holiday week.

Notable Names

• PayPal was accused of age bias by a former senior security consultant who says the company prefers younger employees and wrongfully terminated him because he was over 40 years old. It also discriminated against him because of his Pakistani descent, ...