UPS Ex-Worker Allegedly Called ‘Too Old’ Advances Age Bias Claim

A former United Parcel Service Inc. employee who says a supervisor called him “too old and too slow” can pursue the age portion of his discrimination suit against the company, a federal judge said.

The 69-year-old worker adequately alleged that he lost his job after a UPS supervisor denigrated his age, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana said. However, the ex-mail handler’s race and national origin discrimination and retaliation claims can’t move forward, the Tuesday order said.

Plaintiff Sonny Okpalobi, who’s originally from Nigeria, started working for UPS in 2023. He alleges that the company ...