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Age Discrimination is the practice of treating an employee or job applicant less favorably than other employees or applicants due to his or her age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only protects... more +

Age Discrimination is the practice of treating an employee or job applicant less favorably than other employees or applicants due to his or her age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only protects those workers or applicants who are over the age of forty. Some state laws expand age discrimination protection to younger workers as well. Age Discrimination can take many forms including persistent harassment based on a person's age, demotion, unjustified pay disparities, passing over for opportunity, or any other adverse employment action motivated by an individual's age. less -

7th Circuit “Opts In” to the Evolving Collective Action Debate

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 8/7/2025

Just this week, in Richards v. Eli Lily & Co., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals became the third circuit to depart from the long-standing Lusardi standard for distributing notice to potential plaintiffs in collective...more

SCOTUS Predictions: Blockbuster Decision Will Dismantle Workplace Regulations

Fisher Phillips on 2/2/2024

The Supreme Court is set to shake up the workplace world by taking away a great deal of power from federal agencies – including the regulators who oversee many of the nation’s labor and employment laws. That’s according to...more

Respect your elders.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/18/2023

It's the law. Did you know that this Monday, August 21, is National Senior Citizens' Day? Neither did I. But it is! How are you going to spend National Senior Citizens' Day? I was thinking about playing shuffleboard,...more

I got fired at age 60. Must have been my age.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 4/14/2023

Then again, it may have been that "FU" text I sent the boss. You can't make this stuff up. For those of you who think I'm too hard on employers, today is your day. There was an excellent pro-employer decision recently...more

An OWBPA kick in the pants

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/8/2022

Even though the court was right, this stinks. Picture this. Your current employee is suing you for race discrimination. She's also 40 or older, but she hasn't claimed age discrimination....more

ABCs of employment law: Discrimination

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 3/25/2022

A new series. NOTE FROM ROBIN: For months, I've been thinking about doing a series of posts with very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. I think the series would be helpful to people who are...more

California Employment Law Notes - January 2021

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 2/1/2021

Bank Employee Who Was Harassed By A Customer Can Proceed With Sexual Harassment Claim - Christian v. Umpqua Bank, 2020 WL 7777882 (9th Cir. 2020) - Jennifer Christian, a former employee of Umpqua Bank, alleged she was...more

They May Regret This decision.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/11/2020

The EEOC is inviting us to ask for opinion letters! The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced this week that it will begin issuing opinion letters in response to requests from the public. Eligible topics...more

25th Annual Labor & Employment Seminar - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? West Coast Session

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law... on 11/9/2020

Monday, October 26 - The Labor & Employment Year in Review: Is It Over Yet? Hinshaw labor and employment attorneys from the Midwest, East Coast, and West Coast addressed developments in the ever-changing landscape of...more

They’re Back! What Should Employers Expect from the 2020 Connecticut General Assembly Session?

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and... on 2/18/2020

On February 5, 2020, the 2020 session of the Connecticut General Assembly began. The session is scheduled to adjourn on May 6, 2020. Numerous proposed bills affecting Connecticut employers and employees will be unleashed...more

Mandatory Backpay in ADEA Claims: What Will SCOTUS Decide?

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/31/2019

Baltimore County has petitioned the Supreme Court to decide whether backpay for violations of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) is mandatory. Background - In 1999, two Baltimore County Correctional...more

November 2018: The Top 12 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 12/4/2018

It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

WPI Labor Day Report 2018

Littler on 9/4/2018

Almost two years into the new presidential administration, and with highly consequential and hotly debated mid-term elections around the corner, Littler’s Workforce Policy Institute’s Labor Day Report examines the state of...more

EEOC Sues Urbana School District No. 116 For Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 8/13/2018

Agency Challenges Harassment and Retaliation Across the Country - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed seven lawsuits this week against various employers charging them with...more

Working Wise: Age (Discrimination) Is More Than Just a Number: Job Applicants and the ADEA

K&L Gates LLP on 6/11/2018

In this episode, Erinn Rigney discusses a recent Seventh Circuit court decision that opens the door for job applicants to assert claims of disparate impact under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)....more

NFL's Termination of Security Personnel Prompts Allegations of Age Discrimination

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP on 4/25/2018

When former District of Columbia Police Chief Cathy Lanier stepped into her new role as security chief for the National Football League (“NFL”), she let it be known there was a “new sheriff in town,” a federal lawsuit...more

I-12: Update on the DOL's New OT Rules, and Part 2 of My Interview with Former EEOC General Counsel David Lopez

Cozen O'Connor on 8/4/2017

Michael Schmidt, Vice Chair of Cozen O’Connor’s Labor & Employment Department, discusses current employment law news, trends, developments and guest analysis. This episode provides an update on the DOL's significant Request...more

Sixth Circuit Affirms Finding Arbitrator Had Reasonable Basis To Deny Wage Discrimination Claim

Carlton Fields on 6/2/2017

Plaintiff raised three arguments in support of her motion to vacate an arbitration award: “(1) that the arbitrator exceed his powers or so imperfectly executed them that a mutual, final, and definite award upon her claims was...more

Stack Bros. to Pay $140,000 to Settle EEOC Age Discrimination and Retaliation Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 9/21/2015

Employees Were Fired at Superior, Wis., Firm for Turning 62, Federal Agency Charged - MADISON, Wis. - Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Superior, Wis., a major heating and plumbing contractor in northern...more

California Employment Law Notes - September 2015

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 9/8/2015

Newly Enacted California Statutes - The Word "Alien" Is Stricken From The California Labor Code - Section 1725 of the California Labor Code defines "alien" as "any person who is not a born or fully naturalized...more

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