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
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Stereotypical Assumptions About Age
76-Year Old Employee Told To “Hang Up His Superman Cape” Loses Age Case On Appeal
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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.”…
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No Need For Sugar Coating: “They Just Want Somebody Younger”
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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!”
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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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