Saying a former worker might be able to convince a jury that he should win his claim of unlawful age bias, a federal appeals court vacated a lower court’s ruling favoring the man’s former employer. When he was 62, Sam Stamey resigned from his post as a wiring installer for Forest River, Inc. Stamey essentially…
A newly filed lawsuit accuses pharmaceutical behemoth Lilly USA, LLC, of violating federal law banning age bias by making a conscious effort to reduce the number of older people it employed as pharmaceutical sales representatives. The suit’s allegations raise important questions for HR pros about when – if ever – it is appropriate to make…
A new ruling from a federal appeals court provides important insight for employers and HR pros on how to successfully defend employee claims of bias or retaliation. And while the case involves a state-specific law called the Washington Law Against Discrimination, its lessons apply equally to claims filed under other similar state laws as well…
When an older employee is fired, it can be easy for them to think their age had something to do with it. Sometimes they even end up taking their suspicions to court. But a recent court decision showed that proving age discrimination takes a lot more than a terminated employee suspecting it was because they…
When are a manager’s comments direct evidence of unlawful age bias? The line separating damning statements from so-called “stray remarks” can be tough to draw. In a new ruling, a federal appeals court thought long and hard before deciding that a combination of manager comments were not direct evidence of unlawful discrimination. Terrell Smith began…
West Virginia’s highest court remanded age and sex discrimination claims filed by an employee who lost her job. Diane Judy started working as a commercial driver’s license (CDL) instructor for a college in 2018. That December, she expressed concerns about the lack of restroom facilities at the off-campus training site. She asked her employer to…
An HR director received a six-figure settlement to settle her age discrimination claim. Here’s what happened: An overseas company hired a new president to run a location in the state of Georgia. Things quickly turned problematic, the HR director said, when the company planned to implement changes that violated federal law. And when the HR…
When one employee was fired right before she’d been planning to retire, she thought age discrimination had something to do with it. Her employer, however, said the worker had to be let go for misconduct. Who did the court side with? Here’s a breakdown of what happened. Disrespectful manner Johnnie Sims-Madison worked as a material…
An ongoing federal lawsuit is challenging a college’s decision to do away with an early retirement program. The court recently issued a ruling. A college offered a program that permitted faculty members over age 55 to decrease their workload and salary by half while still receiving full-time benefits. Faculty members who opted in were able…
A longtime meatpacking plant worker who was terminated after sending a profane text to his plant manager was unable to convince Iowa’s highest court that the real reason for his discharge was unlawful age bias. For a long period of time, David Feeback enjoyed a prosperous tenure as an employee of a Swift Pork Company…
Fat. Old. Ugly. No one wants to be called any of those, but it’s happening. In the workplace, of all places. The new wave of discrimination at work includes weight, height and level of attractiveness, according to research and legal experts. And all the while, age discrimination continues in the workplace. It’s gotten so bad,…
Sometimes federal enforcement actions end with big payouts. But it isn’t very often that they get this big — or include this unusual twist. A temporary placement agency will pay a total of $3.525 million to resolve allegations that it illegally discriminated. A federal agency accused it of discriminating with respect to its hiring and…
The EEOC and iTutorGroup, Inc. have reached an agreement to resolve the first AI discrimination lawsuit. The EEOC’s complaint alleged the company’s hiring software automatically rejected older applicants in violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). Specifically, the lawsuit claimed the hiring program software rejected “female applicants age[d] 55 or older and male…
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