Bill Egan writes:
Aside from whistleblower and highly offensive sexual harassment cases, there may be no claim that elicits the protective instincts of the average jury more than disability discrimination cases, especially where the disability is cancer-related. Employees with disabilities who are terminated without
We have spoken frequently about age discrimination cases on this blog. Whether it be “code words” being used or more direct comments on age, these can all be part of a claim of discrimination. Before anyone questions this post, I just want you to know that the idea for the post came from my assistant
Reorganization, reduction in force (“RIF”), merger of departments – these are only a few reasons which employers give when firing an employee – and which is frequently alleged to be — and found to be a pretext in violation of Title VII, the ADEA or other anti-discrimination laws.
And also setting a performance bar too
We have written little about the requirement in Title VII (and the other anti-discrimination laws) that a plaintiff-employee has a duty to mitigate damages. This may be because many lawyers backburner this issue in their zeal to deal with the merits of a case, or perhaps they ignore (repress?) this issue because it presupposes that
We recently posted that the BBC reported that numerous age discriminatory ads appear on the UK government’s Universal Jobmatch website, seeking “recent graduates” or “young graduates.”
One UK ad read: ”We are always looking to recruit talented, ambitious young people who may fit well into one of our progressive thinking departments such as media, including
We have compiled a long list of words or terms used by employers to describe older employees — which the employees have later used in court as direct evidence of age discrimination under the ADEA.
Add another word to the list, which includes “ancient,” “old school,” “set in his ways,” “not a proper fit for
Way back in September 2013 we wrote that age cases would not be age cases if not for the vast number of creative ways employers refer to employees as “old.”
We reported on cases in which the following terms were used: “ancient,” “old school,” “set in his ways,” “not a proper fit for the “new
The BBC has just reported that numerous age discriminatory ads appear on the UK government’s Universal Jobmatch website, which is used by millions seeking jobs.
“Recent graduates” are sought in ads by hundreds of employers, such as “My client is recruiting a recent graduate to join their extremely busy team. You should be looking for
As I anxiously await my new iPhone 6 (which should be arriving today), I was reminded of an article I had seen several months ago on Forbes.com. The article, entitled “Why Successful People Never Bring Smartphones Into Meetings” reported on some interesting research conducted by the University of California’s Marshall School of Business.
Someone failed to advise a NY legal staffing company about a little thing known as the ADEA – the Age Discrimination In Employment Act.
Apparently it “rejected a 70-year-old attorney when it discovered her age and told her it would never hire her after she questioned if the rejection was because of her age.” This,