Long Island Police Department to Pay $450K to settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit Brought by EEOC.

Last week, the EEOC announced that the Nassau County Police Department would be paying $450,000 (to be divided among four officers) and providing anti-discrimination training for more than 400 supervisors and managers to settle a lawsuit alleging that the officers had been discriminatorily transferred in July 2006 to less desirable assignments on account of their age and replaced with younger, less qualified officers. Two of the officers alleged that the transfers were so humiliating that they constituted a constructive discharge.

Insomniacs can read the full EEOC press release at http://www.eeoc.gov/press/10-23-08.html.

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