According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) discriminated against older employees by laying them off at greater rates than people under 40. And, when it came time to rehire them, the older employees were...
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Age Discrimination Must Not Taint Federal Agencies’ Personnel Decisions
In January, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether the age discrimination rules for the federal workforce are different from those for private sector employees. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) is the main federal law prohibiting...
Were Older NCAA Referees Told To Make Way For Younger Referees?
Three referees who have worked with the NCAA for over a decade filed suit recently for age discrimination. They claim that, despite highly favorable evaluations, the number of games they have been assigned to officiate has dropped off. In fact, none has been assigned...
Are The Age Discrimination Different Rules For Federal Workers?
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits age discrimination against employees who are 40 and over. It applies to both the private and public sectors, including the federal government. However, the language in the Act is slightly different when talking...
EEOC, OFCCP Vow To Continue Enforcing Anti-Discrimination Laws
In a hearing of the House Education and Labor subcommittee, lawmakers uniformly agreed that the nation's workplace anti-discrimination laws should be fully enforced. That said, some raised concerns about changes at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...
Report: Federal Workers Facing Retaliation Over Military Service
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) was passed to protect employees who must be absent from their civilian jobs to serve, on active duty or in the reserves, in the United States uniformed services: Army Navy Air Force Marine...
Age Discrimination Is Common, Retaliation Fears Hinder Reporting
According to a recent survey by the insurer Hiscox USA, 21% of American workers over 40 say they have suffered from age discrimination in the workplace. The age at which they are most likely to experience discrimination is 51, and men may suffer it slightly more than...
Google Settles Job Seekers’ Age Discrimination Claims for $11 Mln
Cheryl F. applied for jobs at Google four times over the course of seven years. Despite "highly pertinent qualifications and programming experience," however, and despite staff interviewers apparently finding her to be a good fit for the company, she was never hired....
Supreme Court Asked To Hear If The ADEA Protects Job Applicants
Earlier this year, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not prohibit discrimination against older job seekers -- only existing employees. Although the Seventh Circuit only covers Wisconsin, Illinois and...
Ex-Employees File Suit Against IBM Over Age Discrimination
Ever since the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica did an exposé last year, former IBM employees have wondered whether the company's recent global restructuring and layoffs were motivated in part by age discrimination. Now, a group of ex-workers has filed a federal lawsuit...