A Software Architect says he was pushed out days after flagging age bias to HR
A 66-year-old Software Architect says UKG, the HR software company, forced him out after 23 years with a pretextual PIP and post-merger bias.
That is the core of a lawsuit filed April 22, 2026 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, Thakkar v. UKG, Inc., No. 1:26-cv-11852. Paresh Thakkar, who is of Indian national origin, brings claims under Title VII, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and Massachusetts' anti-discrimination statute, alleging age and national-origin discrimination, retaliation, failure to promote, disparate treatment and constructive discharge. The case is one HR leaders may want to watch, if only because the defendant is itself a maker of HR and workforce-management software.
According to the filing, Thakkar joined Kronos in April 2003 and stayed through the 2020 merger with Ultimate Software that created UKG. He was promoted in 2015 to manage the Corporate Technology Services team, and, he says, consistently met or exceeded expectations through at least 2022. He claims he was repeatedly told he was in line for Senior Manager, only to watch the role go to younger, less-tenured Caucasian colleagues — a pattern the filing says continued for years.
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