Scheels Sued for Age Discrimination
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission hit the employee-owned retail chain with an age discrimination suit in NV district court alleging it forced a class of employees to sell their company shares when they turned 40 years old. According to the suit, under Scheels’ amended 2014 ESOP policy, employees age 40 and over who did not work 1,000 hours in a year were required to give up their company shares; however, those under that age threshold were allowed to keep their ... Log in to view full article.
