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Showing posts with label age discrimination. Show all posts
Showing posts with label age discrimination. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Bevisförstöring is not the name of an IKEA bookcase; it's Swedish for spoliation of evidence.

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A federal judge recently ordered IKEA to pay $566,731.53 in attorneys' fees and costs as a part of sanctions for deleting employee emai...
Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Does a prank involving adult diapers and a wheelchair = age discrimination? It depends.

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An attorney celebrates a paralegal's 50th birthday by decorating her office party with a wheelchair, fake pill bottles, and adult diaper...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Ending the “ism” of ageism

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"Ageism is really one of the last acceptable 'isms' that society tolerates," says AARP senior advisor Heather Tinsley-Fix....
Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Do you know what recruiters are telling candidates on your behalf?

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“The company is looking for someone more junior to fill this position.” That’s what John Larkin claims an Exact Sciences recruiting consulta...
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Ageist and ableist statements to 58-year-old disabled employee doom employer’s discrimination defense

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"I wouldn't think with your condition and—your medical condition and your age that you would want to teach." "I think you...
Monday, November 22, 2021

It’s a bad idea — and age discrimination — to badger an older employee about retirement

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A new manager takes away a pet project from a long-term 60-year-old employee, repeatedly asks him when he's "going to retire,"...
Thursday, September 10, 2020

Coronavirus Update 9-10-2020: The coming wave of Covid-related age discrimination lawsuits

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The EEOC has sued Ohio State University for age discrimination, alleging that the school discriminated against a 53-year-old human resourc...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

You can't prove age discrimination if you're replaced by someone older

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Crescent Metal Products fired Donald Tschappatt for a variety of instances of poor work performance. He made "negative comments"...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

“OK Boomer” makes its Supreme Court debut

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Babb v. Wilkie, which will decide whether the “but-for” causation standard of proof ap...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019

New study reveals that age discrimination remains a worsening problem for employers

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Insurance company Hiscox just released its 2019 Ageism in the Workplace Study [pdf] , which revealed some sobering statistics about the gr...
Thursday, November 29, 2018

I can name that lawsuit in one note

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Demetria Kalodimos, age 58, worked as an anchor for Nashville's WSMV for 33 years. After the station failed to renew her contract, she s...
Monday, November 5, 2018

When salary is a proxy for age discrimination

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Jim Boylan, recently fired as an assistant coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers, has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against his former ...
Thursday, June 28, 2018

As our workforce ages, age discrimination is only going to worsen

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Happy Golden Birthday, Age Discrimination in Employment Act. On June 13, 2018, the ADEA turned 50. To commemorate this milestone, the EE...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

How can you transition older workers if you can’t force them to retire?

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A Michigan oral surgery practice has agreed to pay $47,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC . The agency alleged ...
Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Next up on the EEOC’s radar: age discrimination

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This year, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act turns 50. Which means the law itself has been protected from age discrimination for a ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Lessons from a job interview

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Last week, Steven Colbert conducted a mock job interview for President Obama . During the course of the interview, he asked the President qu...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Forced retirement is an age discrimination no-no

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Image credit: slate.com The EEOC has sued a Colorado hospital for age discrimination. The key allegation? That it forced employees to r...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

#ElderlyChristmasSongs and age discrimination

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Yesterday, #ElderlyChristmasSongs trended on Twitter. Yes, it’s meant to be a joke, and, yes, some were even funny. Now here’s the part w...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Is hiring for “digital natives” age discrimination?

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Let’s say you’re looking to fill a position at your company that requires a certain degree of technical proficiency. Or, you just want to ma...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Target (inadvertently) teaches the importance of avoiding age-based stereotypes

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I do a lot of speaking. One speech that I’ve been giving over the past couple of years is entitled, “X+Y+Z = A Generational Mess for Your Wo...