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The Employer Handbook BlogIf 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?
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From wonky to wonkier, why your arbitration agreement may not be worth the paper on which it is printed?
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Yesterday, I successfully alienated every reader that doesn’t work in the restaurant industry or otherwise nerd out on Fair Labor Standards Act minutiae.
Today, I double down with idiosyncratic arbitration agreements, specifically those possibly used by New Jersey employers. I promise to get back to something more universal tomorrow. Perhaps, Nova Scotian paid sick leave legislation. Continue reading
It’s unanimous! Supreme Court rules that any public-sector employee 40 years or older may file an age-bias claim
Lest you think that eight Supreme Court Justices — Justice Kavanaugh did not participate — can never see eye-to-eye on how to resolve an employment law issue. Continue reading
Severance Agreements: Make them easy to understand and don’t pressure an employee to sign
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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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Thank you for your comments on whether “overqualified” is code for age discrimination
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