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Age Discrimination Termination Age Discrimination in Employment Act

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 -
Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

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

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U.S. Virgin Islands Supreme Court Affirms Compensatory Damages Award to Former Employee Claiming Age Discrimination

On December 5, 2022, the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands upheld a 2019 jury verdict, which found that Caribbean airline LIAT (1974), Ltd., had discharged its former area manager, William Cherubin, because of his age in...more

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Colorado Employers - Get Ready for a Wave of New Laws

The Colorado General Assembly was busy drafting and passing numerous employment laws during its 2022 legislative session, creating a wave of change for employers in the Centennial State. Colorado Expands Termination Notice...more

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Court Finds A Voluntary Severance Package May Be An Adverse Action Under ADEA

In Andrews v. Williams WPC-I, LLC et al., 4:19-cv-02200 (M.D. Penn. July 16, 2020), the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania held that a severance package can be an adverse action under the federal Age...more

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Older Employee Let Go In Reduction In Force Can Proceed To Trial On ADEA Claim

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An employer’s retention of a younger, less-qualified employee instead of the older, more experienced employee, who was terminated during the Company’s reduction in force, can give rise to liability under the Age...more

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Seventh Circuit Holds Distressed County Did Not Violate ADEA When It Terminated Rehired Retirees to Preserve Supplemental Health...

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On July 26, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Carson v. Lake County, Indiana affirmed the district court’s order granting summary judgment to the employer on the plaintiffs’ Age...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Eighth Circuit Says Termination Made to Lower Health Care Costs Constitutes Age Discrimination

Under the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1993 Hazen Paper decision, employers that select employees for layoff using the date of vesting of their pensions based on years of service are not discriminating on the basis of age, even if...more

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Fired 61-Year-Old Hospital Employee Can Proceed With Age Discrimination Case, California Court Finds

Cheal v. El Camino Hospital, H036548 (January 31, 2014): In a recent decision, the California Court of Appeal held that a worker may proceed with her claim for age discrimination following her discharge from employment for...more

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Hutchinson Sealing Systems to Pay $210,000 To Resolve EEOC Age Discrimination Claim

Three Older Employees Targeted During 'Reduction in Force,' Federal Agency Charged - DETROIT - Hutchinson Sealing Systems, Inc., an automotive sealing systems manufacturer based in Auburn Hills, Mich., will pay...more

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