Originally published on 12/14/2018
Suit contends dismissal was part of a pattern of systematically eliminating older employees.
Hernandez’s lawyer claims Landor exhibited “the same ageism that is standard in the industry,” citing several publications’ reports on the allegedly widespread nature of ageism in advertising, including a 2016 AgencySpy story, a Digiday story from the same year, a Forbes story asking if “ageism” is the ugliest “ism” in the industry and a recent Wall Street Journal story about AARP enlisting former advertising executive Cindy Gallop to take on ageism.