Provenzano v. LCI Holdings, Inc., No. 10-1639 (6th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CaseIn 1997, at age 39, plaintiff started working as a sales associate in defendant's store. She was later promoted to a full-time supervisor position. In 2008, another employee, age 33, was promoted to assistant manager. In 2007 and 2008, due to economic conditions, defendant underwent restructuring and eliminated the full-time supervisor position, permitting plaintiff to postpone reduction to part-time in order to utilize the medical benefits for an additional month. A new manager (age 28) was brought in from another store, so that the store had too many supervisory employees. Ultimately, plaintiff was given the option to step down to a position as a part-time sales associates or leave the company. She resigned in 2008 and filed suit, claiming violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, 29 U.S.C. 621, and the Michigan Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, Mich. Comp. Laws. 37.2101. The district court entered summary judgment for the employer. The Sixth Circuit affirmed, holding that plaintiff did not prove pretext in the face of defendant's nondiscriminatory reasons for its promotional decisions.
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