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Employment Discrimination

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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Good Intentions, Lawful Termination: Sixth Circuit Backs Employer Discipline

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 7/22/2025

In a recent decision that reinforces the importance of consistent policy enforcement, the Sixth Circuit upheld the dismissal of an age discrimination lawsuit filed by a nurse terminated from the Cincinnati VA Medical Center...more

Northern Virginia Surgery Center Pays $50,000 in EEOC Disability and Age Discrimination Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 2/10/2025

Nonprofit Settles Federal Lawsuit Alleging It Fired an Older Worker While She Was on Medical Leave and Replaced Her With Younger, Less-Qualified Employees - WASHINGTON – Northern Virginia Surgery Center, LLC (NVSC), which...more

7 strikes, and this employer is OUT!

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 1/22/2025

Employer going to trial in age discrimination case. We had a blizzard last Friday (in North Carolina, 2 inches is a blizzard), and we still have ice and snow on the ground a week later. Anyway, I've had enough of winter now...more

Tenth Circuit Weighs in on Reductions in Force: Takeaways for Employers

Holland & Hart LLP on 1/14/2025

The Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of Spirit AeroSystems in a discrimination case related to a 2013 reduction-in-force (RIF). The plaintiffs had alleged that the company targeted older workers in a...more

DC Bill Would Ban Algorithmic Discrimination

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 1/19/2022

The Council of the District of Columbia is currently considering landmark legislation that would impose significant obligations on many entities that use algorithms. In sum, the Stop Discrimination by Algorithms Act precludes...more

EEOC Sues United Precision Products Company for Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 4/15/2020

Aerospace Component Supplier Discriminated Against Applicant Because of his Age, Federal Agency Charges - DETROIT - United Precision Products Co., Inc., a supplier of aerospace components based in Dearborn Heights,...more

No Trial Needed: Ninth Circuit Confirms Summary Judgment Appropriate Where Discrimination Plaintiff Can’t Rebut Legitimate...

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 9/1/2017

Employers faced with discrimination claims must determine if summary judgment is a viable means to dispose of those claims. A recent Ninth Circuit decision provides some additional ammunition for employers moving for summary...more

EEOC Holds Conversation With Society of Human Resource Management Foundation VP Tina Sung

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 6/22/2017

AARP CEO Also Conducts Age Bias Dialogue With EEOC Acting Chair Victoria A. Lipnic - WASHINGTON - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that Tina Sung from the Society for Human Resource...more

EEOC Announces Featured Speakers at Annual Excel Conference on Employment Discrimination Law

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/23/2017

AARP CEO to Deliver Keynote Speech on Persistent Problem of Age Bias - WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that several nationally known authorities on equal employment...more

New 'Digest of EEO Law' Issued by EEOC - Includes Key Federal Sector Decisions, Special Article on Age Discrimination

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 5/3/2017

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the latest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest), which is available on the EEOC's website....more

Annual Report on EEOC Developments – Fiscal Year 2016

Littler on 2/27/2017

This Annual Report on EEOC Developments—Fiscal Year 2016 (hereafter “Report”), our sixth annual Report, is designed as a comprehensive guide to significant EEOC developments over the past fiscal year. The Report does not...more

Age is Just a Number: Ninth Circuit Ruling in Age Discrimination Case Adopts Seventh Circuit’s “Rebuttable Presumption” Approach...

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 8/26/2015

On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision in France v. Johnson, holding that an average age difference of less than 10 years between an Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA)...more

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