Employer fired HR manager who sought leave and flagged age bias, suit alleges

Around the same time, the worker raised concerns with the EVP-HR after other employees filed suit against KCG alleging, among other things, age discrimination. According to the complaint, she told the EVP-HR that the conduct at issue “was weakening the company, unfair to employees, illegal, and costing unnecessary expenses.” The EVP-HR allegedly responded: “it is the cost of doing business.”

The complaint also alleges the worker is a witness in EEOC charges of discrimination filed against KCG by those employees.

Fired – then the job reappeared

On November 5, 2024, the EVP-HR and KCG’s president told the worker her position was being eliminated and her employment was terminated, according to the filing. When she asked whether her performance was the reason, she was told it was not.

That explanation did not hold up long, the complaint alleges.

Less than a week after her termination, KCG posted the position on job boards under a different title, according to the filing. Many of the worker’s duties were reassigned to other employees, including newly hired staff, and KCG later hired a director of human resources operations who was “substantially younger” than the worker, the complaint states.