Tutoring Provider Programmed its Online Software to Automatically Reject More Than 200 Older Applicants, Federal Agency Charges
NEW YORK – Three integrated companies providing English-language tutoring services to students in China under the “iTutorGroup” brand name violated federal law by programming its online recruitment software to automatically reject older applicants because of their age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.
iTutorGroup, Inc., Shanghai Ping’An Intelligent Education Technology Co., Ltd., and Tutor Group Limited (collectively, iTutorGroup) hire thousands of tutors based in the United States each year to provide online tutoring from their homes or other remote locations. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, in 2020, iTutorGroup programmed their tutor application software to automatically reject female applicants age 55 or older and male applicants age 60 or older. iTutorGroup rejected more than 200 qualified applicants based in the United States because of their age.
Such conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits employers from discriminating based on age. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. iTutorGroup, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:22-cv-02565) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York after the parties were unable to reach a pre-litigation settlement through the EEOC’s conciliation process.
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