INDIANAPOLIS AP – Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. will pay $64,400 to settle a lawsuit accusing the company of withholding severance pay to force a longtime employee to withdraw a discrimination charge.

The company also must spell out in future severance agreements that employees don’t have to waive their right to file a charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or cooperate in an investigation, according to a statement from the commission.