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
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70-Year Old Attorney Put On “Do Not Use” List By Staffing Firm: EEOC Suit
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
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No Need For Sugar Coating: “They Just Want Somebody Younger”
We have written a lot about age discrimination, whether it is employers who use code words for “old” such as “long in the tooth,” or enforcement actions by
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“Smoke ‘Em, Murray!”
Christina’s post the other day about our 101-year old still-practicing-law colleague Murray Shusterman entitled “Are There Some Professions Where Being An Older Employee Is More Acceptable?” saluted Murray, and asked:
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Are There Some Professions Where Being An Older Employee Is More Acceptable?
We have written a lot about age discrimination, whether it is employers who use code words such as “long in the tooth” or recent enforcement actions by the
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Does Size Matter? Is Small Better? (Ten Workplace Tips For Growing Companies)
Hrmagazine.co.uk has reported an interesting survey made by a UK employment law firm which analyzed the size of companies and the number of employees reporting discrimination issues.
It seems that
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Supreme Court Refuses To Address “Shelf Life” As Direct Evidence Of Age Discrimination
An older employee has come to the end of the road – his case, that is. The Supreme Court has declined to hear his appeal that the expression “shelf life”
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Today’s Society “Masks Its Bias By Celebrating Those Who Age In Ways That Seem To Defy Physical Reality”
We know that the population is aging. This is reflected in the workforce, and in the increasing number of charges are age bias.
In discussing “The Normal Heart,” HBO’s adaptation
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“You Need To Wear More Make-Up Because Of Your Wrinkles” – Employer Settles For $300,000
You may remember the epithet in the title above from a post of ours from last year when an EEOC lawsuit was filed against a Long Island health insurance broker.
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“Long In The Tooth” – An Old Language Workaround
A recent decision discussed a plaintiff, a 61-year old salesman for defendant, who was fired and replaced with a female in her thirties. He sued for age and sex discrimination
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