Car Rental Operator Fails to Get EEOC’s Age Bias Lawsuit Tossed

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s age discrimination lawsuit against Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida LLC can proceed, a federal judge said.

The EEOC alleged Enterprise has a pattern of intentional age discrimination by under-hiring applicants over the age of 40 for its management trainee positions in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

• The EEOC adequately alleged Enterprise’s management pipeline was discriminatory and that it had satisfied the pre-suit conciliation requirement, the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in an order filed Monday
• Judge William P. Dimitrouleas rejected Enterprise’s argument that the EEOC failed to ...