He says he cleared his 30-day improvement plan, then lost a job of three decades
A former technology director says Thomson Reuters forced him out because of his age, ending a career that spanned three decades, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Michigan.
The former employee sued Thomson Reuters (Tax & Accounting) Inc. on July 30, 2026, in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. According to the complaint, he joined the company in 1993 as a business analyst and worked his way up to director of technology, giving 31 years of service in all.
For most of that time, the filing says, his record was clean. The complaint describes "glowing performance evaluations" and no discipline "of any kind." It alleges the situation changed as younger managers arrived.
In 2021, according to the complaint, a role he applied for went to a younger, less-experienced employee. That person resigned within weeks, and the plaintiff was later given the position. He did not raise a formal complaint at the time, the filing says, but cites the episode as background for what followed.
The complaint points to 2024 as a turning point. His long-time manager retired and was replaced by someone the filing describes, on information and belief, as being in her 30s. That July, according to the complaint, the new manager issued a "Written Warning on Unsatisfactory Performance." The plaintiff alleges the warning rested on subjective concerns he considered meritless, each of...
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