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Bryan E. Cratty
Eliza Gordner
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October 20, 2013

Will pay $250,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit involving the termination of a
53-year-old female sales coach manager, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
said. The agency said in a statement Friday that the company fired Terry Pierce from its Lee's
Summit, Mo., facility in the fall of 2008 but retained younger, lower-performing sales managers
or allowed them to transfer.
In addition to paying the $250,000 settlement, the EEOC said Dallas-based AT&T agreed
to redistribute its anti-discrimination policy with a message from its equal employment
opportunity director reaffirming the company's commitment to the policy; provide antidiscrimination training; and report to the EEOC on complaints of age discrimination and
terminations of persons who are more than 40 years old. "Age discrimination is a serious
problem, especially in times of economic downturn," said Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney in

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the EEOC's St. Louis district office, in a statement. "Not only do victims of age bias lose their
jobs unjustly, they often are unable to find new jobs for the same reason. The EEOC will defend
people's rights to be treated fairly by employers.
AT&T is a nationally recognized leader in diversity and inclusion, something in which we
take great pride, the company said in a statement. We do not tolerate discrimination of any sort,
including that based on age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin or sexual orientation,
and we have steadfastly denied the allegations in this case. We're glad to have finally reached a
settlement resolving this matter.

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AT&T Corp. will pay $250,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit involving the
termination of a 53-year-old female sales coach manager, the U.S. Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission said.
The agency said in a statement Friday that the company fired Terry Pierce from its Lee's
Summit, Mo., facility in the fall of 2008 but retained younger, lower-performing sales managers
or allowed them to transfer.
In addition to paying the $250,000 settlement, the EEOC said Dallas-based AT&T agreed
to redistribute its anti-discrimination policy with a message from its equal employment
opportunity director reaffirming the company's commitment to the policy; provide antidiscrimination training; and report to the EEOC on complaints of age discrimination and
terminations of persons who are more than 40 years old.
Age discrimination is a serious problem, especially in times of economic downturn,
said Barbara A. Seely, regional attorney in the EEOC's St. Louis district office, in a statement.
Not only do victims of age bias lose their jobs unjustly, they often are unable to find new jobs
for the same reason. The EEOC will defend people's rights to be treated fairly by employers.
AT&T is a nationally recognized leader in diversity and inclusion, something in which
we take great pride, the company said in a statement. We do not tolerate discrimination of any
sort, including that based on age, race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin or sexual
orientation, and we have steadfastly denied the allegations in this case. We're glad to have finally
reached a settlement resolving this matter.