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$3.$ A $62-$year$-$old woman was regarded as a "good" employee during the ten years that she was employed. A new site director, who had previously worked at the same facility, allegedly commented that she thought the $62-$year$-$old had already retired. At an office party, she told the $62-$year$-$old employee, "You better slow down because at your age you're going to have a heart attack if you keep this up$."$ Another manager allegedly told another employee, "Now that $[$the $62-$year$-$old$]$ is getting older she seems to forget a lot and is always repeating herself." A complaint surfaced from an employee who said that someone within the company had improperly disclosed the employee's confidential medical information. An investigation was launched and it was determined from initial interviews that the $62-$year$-$old $($a human resources technician$/$ assistant$)$ had disclosed the confidential information to another human resources associate, who in turn shared it with others outside of their department. The human resources associate signed a statement implicating the $62-$year$-$old as the source of the confidential information, but subsequently supplemented her statement by suggesting that the confidential information had also been disclosed in a manner independent from the $62-$year$-$old's conduct, and still later $($after the conclusion of the investigation$)$ disavowed her statements entirely. The $62-$year$-$old continued to deny any wrongdoing. However, managers believed that the $62-$year$-$old gave inconsistent answers to their questions and had discussed other employees' confidential medical