News & Analysis as of August 9, 2025

Age Discrimination › Wage and Hour › Job Applicants

+ Follow

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 -

End of NY Legislative Session Leaves Employers Watching Key Workplace Bills

Fisher Phillips on 7/3/2025

New York’s two-year 2025-2026 legislative session hit its midpoint in June, with lawmakers wrapping up the first year by passing a slew of workplace-related bills that now await action from Governor Hochul. As federal labor...more

I'm an employment lawyer. Here are 5 things you employers are doing wrong.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/8/2023

You won't want to miss this!!! You all probably read respectable news sources. I subscribe to a number of "sober" mainstream publications, but have a sick attraction to the Daily Mail and the New York Post....more

Using AI to Facilitate Employment-Related Processes Carries Risk

Tonkon Torp LLP on 9/25/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and is being used in virtually all industries. A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management last year found that almost 25% of employers use AI to make employment-related...more

Colorado’s New Job Application Law Prohibits Age-Related Inquiries

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 7/17/2023

Colorado employers should take heed to update their initial job applications, including online forms, to comply with Colorado’s new “Job Application Fairness Act,” codified at C.R.S Section 8-2-131. The new requirements went...more

The 9 Things Colorado Employers Should Do After Lawmakers Pass Batch of New Workplace Laws

Fisher Phillips on 6/22/2023

The Colorado legislature has been busy this season passing new employment laws, adding to your compliance obligations in a big way. We reviewed the key workplace laws that Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into effect and...more

Rule 1 in beating an age claim: Get your story straight.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 5/19/2023

Inconsistencies were fatal to this employer. It's a well-established principle in discrimination law that an employer can be done in by "shifting explanations" for actions taken against an applicant or employee. A recent...more

Reminder: Connecticut Employment Laws Effective - October 2021

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/1/2021

Several employment-related laws become effective October 1, 2021. As that date is upon us, employers may want to review and ensure consistency with these laws by making any applicable changes to their practices, policies, and...more

Connecticut Bans Inquiries into Applicants’ Age on Employment Applications

Epstein Becker & Green on 8/4/2021

On June 24, 2021, Governor Ned Lamont signed Public Act 21-69, An Act Deterring Age Discrimination in Employment Applications (“Act”), which prohibits employers, or employers’ agents, from requesting or requiring a...more

Ready Employer One: What Employers Need To Consider When “Gamifying” The Workplace

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2020

In recent years, gamification has risen up the leaderboards as a corporate learning technique. Companies across the country are embracing gamification in their employee training, recruitment, and engagement. But as an...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

New California Labor and Employment Laws for 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/14/2017

• The California Legislature passed numerous labor and employment bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law in 2017. • Many of the new laws relate to wages and hours, leaves and benefits, hiring practices, health and...more

California Employment Law Notes - October 2016

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 10/26/2016

Newly Enacted California Statutes - Minimum Wage Increases - As of January 1, 2017, businesses with 26 or more employees must pay a minimum wage of $10.50 per hour; the rate increases to $15.00 per hour in 2022....more

Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: November 10, 2015

Zelle LLP on 11/10/2015

Last week, a jury awarded sports journalist, T.J. Simers a $7.1 million verdict in his age and disability discrimination suit against the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Simers alleged that he was subjected to discrimination...more

13 Results

/

View per page

Page: of 1