Govt accuses company of age discrimination


	Govt accuses company of age discrimination

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c3204090-2e38-4a8a-bbe7-6afe82a399b2/7E8E2CD9-3A01-403F-8421-17E0DE22FBD3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml" href="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml" style="font-size: 11px;">wbztv.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml">The government is accusing one of New
Hampshire's largest private employers with age discrimination.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml">The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says
Freudenberg-NOK showed   what it called   ``a blatant disregard for
the rights of older workers'' by passing over a 58-year-old worker
in favor of young applicants</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml"><P>The commission seeks back pay for Timothy Poh and a court order
for the company to adopt better anti-discrimination policies.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml">The suit says Poh applied for a comptroller's job in
Freudenberg's Bristol office at the end of last year and later was
told that while he was qualified, the company hoped to hire someone
not quite so old. The suit says the company hired a younger
applicant, who was less-qualified.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml">Company Vice President Sarah O'Hare said she could not comment
on the details of the lawsuit, but that the company complies to all
legal requirements</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wbztv.com/newhampshirewire/22.0.html?type=local&state=NH&category=n&filename=NH--AgeDiscrimination.xml">Information from: Concord Monitor, <A href="http://www.cmonitor.com">http://www.cmonitor.com</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E8E2CD9-3A01-403F-8421-17E0DE22FBD3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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