Blue Bell firm in age-bias lawsuit

September 23, 2008

It’s probably not a good idea – even as a joke – to ask a human resources person applying for a job the age question.

Asking about age is illegal because age discrimination is illegal, under federal law.
Now a Blue Bell communications company, which employs 5,000 technicians nationwide, is being sued because its major investor allegedly posed this question to a 55-year-old job candidate for the position of human resources director:
“How old are you, 78?”

Accusing Unitek USA L.L.C. of age discrimination, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday sued the company in federal court in Philadelphia.
Unitek takes the allegations seriously, said the company’s attorney, Colin Dougherty.
“Certainly it feels it has done nothing wrong in this case and looks forward to vindicating its position through litigation,” he said.

According to the suit, Frank Bruno, of Audubon, Montgomery County, had aced interviews with Unitek’s top management, who all but assured him he had the job. He only needed one final interview with Joseph Kestenbaum, Unitek’s major investor, the suit says. Kestenbaum is not a defendant in the suit.

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