COMPANY TO PAY $50,000 TO SETTLE AGE DISCRIMINATION CASE
Because Cedar Fair, L.P., d/b/a Cedar Point, an amusement park based out of Sandusky, Ohio, apparently refused to house employees who were 30 and over (unless they were entertainers), older out-of-town workers were unable to resume their seasonal employment with the company.
Believing that such conduct violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed suit (EEOC v. Cedar Fair L.P., et al., Civil Action No. 3:23-cv-01843-JGC) in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Western Division, seeking monetary damages and injunctive relief.
In addition to pay $50,000 to impacted former employees, the company agreed to modify its housing policies and practices and will not discriminate against employees based on age (particularly those 40 and over).
In a written statement, Debra Lawrence, regional attorney for the EEOC’s Philadelphia District Office noted, “We are pleased that Cedar Fair and Magnum have agreed to an early resolution of this litigation and have rescinded the housing policy denying housing benefits to older seasonal workers.”
That was fairly straightforward ….
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