Today the San Francisco Chronicle ran an article discussing the recent case brought by two veteran TV reporters against CBS 5-TV (KPIX),
On March 31, CBS 5-TV terminated 14 newsroom employees. The TV station states that these employees were terminated in a cost-cutting move. All of the 14 employees who were terminated were males.
Bill Schechner, age 66, and John Lobertini, age 48, filed a lawsuit today in San Francisco Superior Court claiming they were victims of age discrimination and sex discrimination. The lawsuit alleges that CBS "designed its workforce reduction process to eliminate older employees" and targeted "only male on-air talent" in the layoff.
The case is captioned Schechner v. KPIX-TV, case number CGC-08-480933. The complaint is listed on the SFSC website, but is not yet available to the public. Starting tomorrow the complaint should be available here.
--Michael Sachs
