101-Year-Old Disney Accused Of Age Discrimination & Retaliation In Fired 73-Year-Old Business Analyst’s Lawsuit
The optics are pretty lousy when a company run by a 73-year-old man cans a nearly 20-year employee as she hits 73 and then attempts to call it a retirement on paper.
Yet, according to former longtime Disney business analyst Deborah Violante, that is exactly what happened to her at the Bob Iger-led Mouse House last year.
After apparently repeated efforts to get an explanation from her managers and Disney HR, and even getting offered a job back at the company similar to the position she held from 2005-23, Violante is taking Disney to court in a 20-claim wrongful termination, discrimination and retaliation lawsuit (read it here).
As you would expect from a business analyst, Violante has receipts. “Violante was approximately 55 years old when she first became employed by Disney,” reads the July 23 filing in Los Angeles Superior Court.
