A disgruntled housekeeper at the President Casino is suing Pinnacle Entertainment for age discrimination.
Pinnacle is preparing to permanently close the riverboat casino in St. Louis in the coming weeks and has been accused by Vanessa Lavington for age discrimination.
In Lavington’s complaint filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) she claims that she applied for a similar position at one of Pinnacle’s other St. Louis properties but did not get the job.
“I’m over age forty. They gave me no response. They seem as if I don’t have experience, but I’ve been there nearly sixteen years. I think its discrimination.”
Lavington is one of 220 remaining employees that are being laid off instead of being transferred to Pinnacle’s Lumiere Place or River City and are complaining that the company is not providing severance packages.
Although the Union has failed to reach a compromise with the gaming company, Pinnacle released a statement saying that 70% of the remaining employees have not applied for positions at the other casinos and that more than 180 employees from the President Casino have been hired at the other area properties.






