Lawsuit Filed Against Dallas Station by the EEOC
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against CBS Stations Group of Texas, which includes KTVT in Dallas, claiming the company declined to hire longtime TV personality Tammy Dombeck for a full-time position because of her age.
The suit claims CBS 11 violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
A CBS Dallas-Fort Worth spokeswoman sent a statement that said, “KTVT respectfully disagrees with the EEOC’s current assessment and looks forward to resolving this matter.”
Dombeck worked as a freelance traffic reporter at CBS 11 beginning in February 2013. In late April 2015, Dombeck posted on her Facebook page “it is with great disappointment that I write this post to you today, CBSDFW has decided not to hire me for the Morning Traffic Position.”
“All the girls they auditioned for this job were in their 20s,” Dombeck told the Star-Telegram via Facebook email in 2015. “I didn’t have a chance. Frustrating.”
The Star-Telegram says KTVT has hired Chelsey Davis, a former Arizona Cardinals Cheerleader to replace Dombeck back in 2015.
CBS 11 hired a 24-year-old applicant for the full-time traffic reporter position,” the EEOC statement says. “The younger applicant did not have five years’ professional broadcasting experience, nor did she have any broadcast experience in the DFW metro area.” despite the fact that the CBS station's job posting required both.
H/T Star-Telegram
