Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. State Division of Human Rights

Complainant Bettine Hayes filed a complaint on May 4, 1973, with the State Division of Human Rights to the effect that she had been discharged by her employer, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, discriminatorily because of her age and sex, in violation of article 15 of the Executive Law. Two individual management employees were also joined as parties respondent; they were eliminated as parties in later development of the case. Hayes, employed 22 years, had held lesser positions but was a senior portfolio analyst when discharged. Probable cause having been found on investigation, formal…