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Your employee has dementia: what to do?

Expect to see more of this. A judge in Connecticut recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a 26-year employee who developed early-onset Alzheimer's disease. According to the court's opinion, the employee had performed well...more

Respect your elders.

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.

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

Is faxing a reasonable accommodation?

Remember faxes? I don't. A 70-year-old home health care nurse (RN) has sued her employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act....more

ABCs of Employment Law: Employment at will

So misunderstood! NOTE FROM ROBIN: Earlier this year, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered discrimination in general, and the second...more

An OWBPA kick in the pants

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

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

They May Regret This decision.

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

Second-Guessing The Advice Columns: Get Off My Lawn!

Millennials, can you relate to your older co-workers? Everybody and their dog has workshops these days on how older workers should relate to Millennials. That's a fine idea, but does anyone ever offer a workshop to...more

10/4/2019  /  ADEA , Age Discrimination , Harassment

Memorial Day Employment Law Quiz!

How's your employment law history knowledge? Happy Memorial Day weekend, everybody! In honor of the occasion, see how much you remember about these old federal employment laws that we deal with every day. As always, answers...more

Do Arbitration Agreements Have To Comply With The OWBPA?

I can't imagine why they would. In 2014, I blogged that IBM Corporation had made a conscious decision in its separation agreements to quit including the disclosures required by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act....more

A Clarification On Those Proposed EEOC Regulations

I love my readers! Week before last, I published a blog post about the proposed regulations recently issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. For the most part, I thought they were unremarkable, but there...more

Job Applicants Have Disparate Impact Claim Based On Age, Court Says

An important victory for age plaintiffs. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled last week that an outside job applicant can assert a "disparate impact" claim under the federal Age Discrimination in...more

For The ADEA’s 50th Birthday: An Age Discrimination Quiz

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act recently celebrated its 50th birthday (it doesn’t look a day over 49). This calls for an age discrimination quiz!...more

Queen For A Day: If I Ran The World, Would I Scrap Our Employment Laws?

For those of you who don’t know Mr. Olson, he’s a libertarian. :-) I have to admit, I needed time to process this! I complain about these laws all the time, but would I really want to get rid of all protections for...more

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