Veteran Los Angeles news anchor Jeff Michael sued KCBS-TV on Friday, alleging the station breached his contract and discriminated against him based on health issues. Michael was co-anchor of KCBS-T…
-TV on Friday, alleging the station breached his contract and discriminated against him based on health issues.
Michael was part of a May purge by the station, a company-wide cutback after the ViacomCBS merger that saw him dismissed along with anchors Sandra Mitchell and Sharon Tay and meteorologist Garth Kemp. KCBS said at the time that the staff cuts were caused by the pandemic and by “the ongoing and transformative changes in the media industry,” according to a statement.
Michael was hired as a morning news anchor at $260,000 a year, with an increase to $275,000 in the third and final year of the contract., the contract said if Michael were to be reassigned from the morning to the evening newscasts, he could renegotiate. Michael was moved to evenings in October 2018, but no renegotiation followed.
The stress of the situation saw Michael making an emergency visit to Huntington Hospital in April 2019 because of heart problems. He stayed there overnight for observation.
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