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age discrimination
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Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Be Afraid, Employers: 91% of Your Older Workers Are Considering Suing You!
A new study entitled 2024 State of Ageism in the Workplace has found that 90% of employees over 40 have experienced workplace age discrimination.Indeed, age discrimination is rampant in society…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act Requires Updates to Hiring Forms
Colorado Employers: Now is the time to review job applications for any required legal updates. Earlier this year, the Job Application Fairness Act was enacted in Colorado and prohibits employers from inquiring…
Vedder Works
Seventh Circuit to Review Two-Step Collective Certification Process
On August 29, 2024, a Seventh Circuit panel granted a midsuit request from Eli Lilly & Company to review a district court order granting collective certification to a sales representative…
Employment Law Legal Research Blog
EMPLOYMENT: Employer Inquiries About Employee’s Plans to Retire
By Nadine Roddy
Nadine Roddy—Senior Attorney May an employer ask an employee whether they are thinking about retiring sometime in the foreseeable future without running afoul of the…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Bevisförstöring is not the name of an IKEA bookcase; it’s Swedish for spoliation of evidence.
A federal judge recently ordered IKEA to pay $566,731.53 in attorneys' fees and costs as a part of sanctions for deleting employee emails in three consolidated class-action age-discrimination lawsuits. Here's…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Grumpy Old Men Collect $295,000
A large retail outlet learned the hard way not to permit a regional director to allegedly harass district managers 50 and older by calling them “grumpy old men.”And allegedly telling…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
“Hang Up Your Superman Cape!” and “Hang Up Your Spurs!” What Will Older Employees Do About This?
Isn’t this a way of saying “retire now” or “you’re too old,” without sounding tooo crass? But still pretty direct though, huh?Age discrimination in the workplace is very much alive…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Really? Younger Workers Are More Discriminated Than Older Workers?
Seems a new study has concluded that “ageism” is not synonymous with “older ageism.” Indeed, 42% of employees below 55 years either experienced or witnessed workplace ageism, while only 29%…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
“An Older People’s Tsar” To Combat Ageism?
And now a little age discrimination tidbit from the UK. Many just want old people to disappearFolks who follow what is described as a crisis “remain baffled why no effective…
Pierson Ferdinand Blog
Charity for Older People Nailed For Age Discrimination
This tidbit is from our “you can’t make this stuff up” department, which is growing rapidly. A tribunal in the UK reportedly ruled that a charity that services older people,…