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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Language Workaround: “Don’t Send Us Anyone From Detroit”
We like the term “‘language workaround” as meaning coded or “dog whistle” language when used specifically to obscure references to age. See our April 4th blog.
Now a reader
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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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80-Year Old “Prodded” To Retire – “You Need To Spend More Time With Your Retired Husband”
Although telling an 80 year old employee that “you need to spend more time with your retired husband” is not in and of itself evidence of age discrimination, nonetheless it
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Forbes’ Sneaky Ways To Get Rid Of Older Employees: “The Suddenly Stupid Defense”
Deborah Jacobs has written an interesting piece in Forbes entitled “11 Sneaky Ways Companies Get Rid Of Older Workers.”
She notes that “Companies looking to ditch older employees can be
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Critical Care Hospital Fires Nurse Who Asked For Chemo Accommodation
We have a particular penchant for tracking ageist code used by employers to mean “old” (mainly because, as language buffs, we are intrigued by the wide variety of terms used
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“We Need Fresh Leadership” Held Not Ageist Code
We have made it a point to accumulate and publish age discrimination cases where code words for “old” were alleged to have been made.
On July 19th we wrote that
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Waitress Fired, 63 Years Old — “A Little Long In The Tooth”
Add this remark to our growing list of coded ageist comments used by managers.
This time it was allegedly made by the manager of the long-famous NYC jazz club,
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Company Fires “An Old Penny That Keeps Coming Back?”
Lets add some new expressions to our ever-growing lexicon of age-related discriminatory remarks. How about the following: “as old as the woodworks” and “an old penny that keeps coming back.”
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Referring To A Fired 62 Year Old Employee As An “Old Dinosaur”: Is This Direct or Indirect Evidence of Age Discrimination?
A sixty-two year old employee who worked for a steakhouse in Florida was fired for alleged performance reasons. However, he sued and claimed that he had direct evidence that he was