A 22-year veteran says his four-day remote request was denied - then younger hires took over
A quantitative analyst who spent more than two decades at BNY Mellon says the bank pushed him out because he was 58 and disabled.
The former vice president filed suit against The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in Manhattan federal court on August 7, 2026, alleging that his 2023 termination violated federal age and disability law. According to the complaint, the case brings claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The filing says the worker joined the bank in August 2001 as a senior quantitative analyst at age 36 and rose to vice president on the Markets Quantitative team. He contracted polio as a child, the complaint says, and has right-leg atrophy that limits his ability to stand for long stretches, climb stairs, and cross uneven ground, requiring him to walk with a cane. According to the filing, he disclosed the condition to a senior risk executive in late 2002 and signed a written agreement to work from home two days a week.
That arrangement loosened over time, the complaint says. It states that a later manager verbally approved one remote day a week, and that the worker moved to full-time remote work when the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The dispute, as the complaint tells it, began with the bank's return-to-office push. In early 2022, according to the filing, staff were told to come back in person. The worker - then 57 -...
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