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SCOTUS has a thing or two to say about age discrimination, which has nothing whatsoever to do with COVID-19.
Last week, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued this age discrimination opinion. The opinion focuses on age bias in a federal government workplace, which is a small portion of folks that read this blog.
But, there are a few takeaways for the rest of you. And since this is an employment law blog, let’s discuss what the Supreme Court has to say about age bias in your workplace. Continue reading
This great federal court decision I read offers seven keys to a proper severance agreement
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A lawyer claimed that his employer had discriminated against him based on his race, color, gender, and age, when it terminated his employment and filled a position nearly identical to that which he held prior to his termination with a younger, African-American woman. So he sued.
Oh, I forgot one important fact. By the time he sued, the lawyer-plaintiff had already signed a severance agreement and release (the “Release”). Continue reading
A company called the plaintiff an ‘old timer’ and later fired him. But he LOST his age bias claim. Here’s why…
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There are plenty of buzzwords and phrases that, when uttered in the workplace, made provide good fodder for an age discrimination claim.
For example, referring to someone as an ‘old timer’ can be direct evidence of age discrimination. Then, if an email were to surface in which the company writes that it is ʺlooking for young sharksʺ to become junior salespeople, well that’s not got either.
Except, here’s the thing. Continue reading
Filling out those EEO-1s stinks. But, it could be worse…
I want to give a little shoutout to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, with whom I am spending the day today in Atlanta at the 22nd annual Examining Conflicts in Employment Laws (EXCEL) Training Conference.
So, today’s post is chock full of recent EEOC news and notes. Continue reading
When it comes to avoiding claims of age discrimination, consider the optics
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For example, consider a lawsuit that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a few weeks ago. Continue reading
If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try again. Then, file an age discrimination lawsuit. Then try again.
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Will this time be the charm for some workplace bills recently reintroduced in Congress?
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Appellate court rules that age discrimination against certain job applicants is okay — sort of.
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Last week, the full Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued this decision in which it held that an outside job applicant cannot pursue a disparate impact claim under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
What does this mean in plain English?