Ab­b­Vie slapped with age dis­crim­i­na­tion law­suit, fol­low­ing oth­er phar­mas

Add Ab­b­Vie to the list of phar­ma com­pa­nies cur­rent­ly fac­ing age dis­crim­i­na­tion al­le­ga­tions.

Penn­syl­va­nia res­i­dent Thomas Hesch filed suit against Ab­b­Vie on Wednes­day, ac­cus­ing the com­pa­ny of pass­ing him over for pro­mo­tions in fa­vor of younger can­di­dates.

De­spite 30 years of phar­ma ex­pe­ri­ence, “Hesch has con­sis­tent­ly seen younger, less qual­i­fied em­ploy­ees pro­mot­ed over him,” the com­plaint states.

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