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Fired at 71, NY lifeguard settles age-bias lawsuit
June 14, 2012
VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (AP) — A New York lifeguard who was fired at age 71 has settled an age-discrimination lawsuit for $65,000.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission tells Newsday (http://bit.ly/LmuN22 ) that Jay Lieberfarb had 50 years of experience as a lifeguard when he failed a Nassau County swimming test in 2009. Lieberfarb lives in Valley Stream on Long Island and is now 74.
According to his lawsuit, he failed two swimming tests but was given a second chance. The suit says Lieberfarb passed one test but injured himself before he could take the second test and was told to return with a doctor's note. He was fired before he could provide the note.
The EEOC said younger lifeguards who failed the test were permitted to continue working until they passed it.
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Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com
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