Federal suit alleges age discrimination in Bay Area man’s firing

September 19, 2008

A 71-year-old man who had a job helping seniors was fired by Bay Area Catholic Charities because he was too old, federal authorities charged Thursday in a civil lawsuit.
The nonprofit provider of social services violated federal law when it fired Gilbert Brigham, a case manager advocate for seniors, and replaced him with a less-qualified woman half his age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in the age discrimination suit. Brigham was told he was let go for budgetary reasons, the suit says.

Brigham’s replacement did not possess the minimum four years of experience required for the job, the EEOC charged. Brigham holds a master’s degree in public administration; previously worked as a case manager at the Goldman Institute on Aging, a community-based, not-for-profit, senior assistance Bay Area organization; served on San Francisco’s Commission on Aging; and had almost five years of excellent performance at Catholic Charities, the suit says.

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