Every one of the 13 terminated employees was 59 or older, the complaint claims
A former engineer who spent more than 46 years at Unisys Corporation has filed an age discrimination lawsuit, alleging the company fired him at 73 as part of a layoff that hit only older workers.
The complaint, filed on September 15, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, alleges the worker was terminated on March 19, 2026 - just two weeks after being notified his role was being cut. He had been with the company since 1979.
According to the filing, he was far more than a long-serving employee. The complaint describes him as one of only three engineers responsible for maintaining the company's OS 2200 operating system, a platform Unisys continued to market and support for enterprise customers. At the time of his termination, the filing states, he was actively working on a project for the Internal Revenue Service and was the lead engineer on an unresolved system issue involving file synchronization.
His performance record backs that up, according to the complaint. No negative reviews in 46 years. No disciplinary action. Regular merit pay increases throughout his career. His supervisor scored him as a "Valued Contributor" in his 2025 performance review, writing that he "consistently exceed[ed] the ECS Solutions Development metrics" and "ensure[d] high-quality results," the filing states. In an earlier review, the same supervisor described him as "by far the largest code...
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