Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co. was properly granted judgment against a former employee who claimed age discrimination and retaliation drove its decision not to rehire her after she was let go at age 59 in a workforce reduction, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Katherine Merhulik was working for the Cleveland-headquartered debt collection law firm as a quality assurance call monitor in September 2016 when her position was eliminated, the court said. She and 22 other employees were RIFed at that time, and 16 of them were over the age of 40, the court said.
She applied for a collector position ...
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