The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in favor of Booz Allen Hamilton regarding an age discrimination lawsuit by a former HR employee.
Anne-Marie Cronin worked at the information technology and management consulting firm from 2004 to 2017, Bloomberg Law reported. In 2015, the McLean, VA-based company switched from its existing HR platform to Workday. As a result, two years later, Booz Allen informed its HR staff that their current roles would be eliminated to make room for a new HR position. However, there would be fewer of these roles available.
Current employees were not only invited to apply to the new position, but also would be interviewed and selected before the company posted the job opening externally, according to the lawsuit.
A three-person committee was responsible for filling the new roles – called human resources talent consultants (HRTC). At the beginning of the hiring process, the HR employees’ individual managers were asked to provide feedback on each applicant, including a numerical ranking on a one-to-three scale according to the manager’s impression of the applicant’s suitability for the HRTC role, according to the lawsuit. Additionally, the hiring committee reviewed each applicant’s resume and his or her annual performance review from 2016.
The lawsuit states that 34 HR employees applied for the new roles: 11 of the 23 applicants who were age 40 or older were selected to be HRTCs and nine of the 11 applicants under age 40...
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