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This company fired an employee on the same day that she returned from pregnancy leave … and won the lawsuit.
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Every so often — not, “if I had a nickel” often, but every once in a while — someone hits me up for my two cents on firing an employee who is on FMLA or some other form of protected leave for [fill in the reason]. Continue reading
I’m gonna go ahead and file this post about age discrimination under “Duh!”
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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is a federal law that makes it unlawful for employers to discriminate based on age against anyone who is 40 or older.
Got that? 40 or older. Continue reading
When the same person does the hiring and firing, can there really be any discrimination?
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Consider this example: Continue reading
Thank you for your comments on whether “overqualified” is code for age discrimination
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Is “overqualified” code for age discrimination?
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There are two sides to this argument. Let’s explore them. Continue reading
Four EEOC-approved ways that your company can prevent age discrimination at work
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Ayo, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just released a report on “The State of Age Discrimination and Older Workers in the U.S. 50 Years After the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).” Continue reading
Have you advertised for a candidate with a maximum amount of experience? Could be age discrimination.
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Law firms, among other businesses, are notorious for seeking non-partner candidates with experience within a range of years.
“1-4 years,” “5-8 years,” “with about 10 years of experience.”
Could placing a cap on the number of years of experience be part of a code for “we don’t want to hire old people”? Continue reading
Indeed, there are 50,000 reasons to avoid “age will matter” in an applicant’s rejection email.
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Remember that blog post I had last Spring. I’m talking about the one about an employment agency that allegedly emailed a job applicant the following cringe-worthy, what we’re really saying here is “sue me” rejection email:
“Thanks for your reply. I check the details of [sic] you. And you [sic] born in 1945. So I discussed with the client side. Age will matter. So that’s why I can’t [sic] be able to submit your profile to client side.”
Well, that company just settled with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $50,000 and lots of equitable relief. Continue reading
Sorry. I’ll make it up to you today.
When this happened, you knew that I had to do some celebrating. Twice.
So, the fam and braved the long lines (during which my young children got quite a vocabulary lesson) and headed into Philadelphia on Thursday for the Philadelphia Eagles parade. Just us and a few million strangers.
But, football season is over. I’ve caught my breath. I’m back in employment lawyer blogger mode with a 3-in-1 post today. Continue reading