Have you ever heard of an “intersectional” discrimination claim? A white man filed a lawsuit against a company claiming that it denied him a high-six-figure executive position because...
Here’s how bad documentation can cost a company big bucks when a former employee sues Employment lawyers and human resources professionals regularly preach that managers must document employee performance issues as a best practice...
145,000 reasons not to tell an employee they have “old-timers disease.” Also, it is a bad idea to give that same employee a “retire-or-be-fired” ultimatum shortly after they return from...
In January, a 78-year-old receptionist was named “Employee of the Year.” In February, she was fired. This sounds like something that might interest the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Oh, wait. Would you look at...
Here are 105,000 reasons not to force an older worker to retire “When are you going to retire?” “Why don’t you retire at 65?” “What is the reason you are not...
A court correctly dismissed claims of age discrimination, IMO. But, this employment lawyer still has a bone to pick. Last night, I read a NJ Appellate Division opinion about a plaintiff in his fifties who claimed his age...
Next time, maybe she’ll just get that tattoo. Trust me. The title of this post will make sense in about a minute or two. Last year, a ...
Did this guy’s performance really nose-dive? Or did his age motivate his abrupt termination? Tell me if you’ve heard this one before. One of your employees has been with the company for several...
What do you think? Is this a hostile work environment? (Spoiler alert: no.) Some jobs stink. But that doesn’t make the office a “hostile work environment.” For example, last night, I read...
A bipartisan group in Congress wants to make it easier for employees to prove age discrimination On Monday, three House Republicans and three House Democrats reintroduced the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA), billed as a...
An employer cannot rely on a contract to discriminate Earlier this month, an employer learned the hard way that it could not rely on a contract provision to...
An employer got sued for age bias. It admitted wanting to advance younger employees. It prevailed. HOW?!? The U.S. Army employed a “septuagenarian civilian doctor.” Well, at least it used to. The Army ended his employment...
Can an employer exclude older job applicants for marketing purposes? The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn’t think so. Last week, the EEOC announced that it had sued a...