The city of San Jose, Calif., agreed to pay a 72-year-old sewage treatment plant worker $35,000 to settle a complaint that he was denied a promotion because his superiors feared he would die on the overnight shift. James Yu, a diesel engine mechanic, filed suit with the EEOC after an overnight position he interviewed for was left unfilled. Colleagues said in depositions that their bosses were afraid of "finding him dead" from overwork, according to an EEOC trial attorney.
July 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The city of San Jose agreed to pay a 72-year-old sewage treatment plant worker $35,000 to settle a complaint that he was denied a promotion because his superiors feared he would die on the overnight shift.
James Yu, a diesel engine mechanic, filed suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission after an overnight position he interviewed for was left unfilled in 2001.
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