Discrimination can take many forms. For most employees, getting fired or laid off because of their age is the most harmful type of discrimination. However, any adverse or unlawful actions against an employee may be a form of discrimination. Age discrimination is...
Age Discrimination
Millennials and age discrimination: Yes, we’re at that point
As bizarre as it might seem to anybody who still thinks of Millennials as mere youngsters, this is the year that the oldest millennials hit the big 4-0, thus making them eligible to litigate after instances of age discrimination in the workplace. Admittedly,...
Could age discrimination cost you a long-term position?
Employees who have held a job with the same California company for one or more decades often believe they are immune to a sudden termination. If these workers have continuously performed well and received few, if any, reprimands, an abrupt termination seems nearly...
Have you been fired because of your age?
You worked at the same company for 20 years because you were a dedicated employee who cared about the job, the business and your co-workers. Yes, you also liked the stability of the job and the way your pay went up with each raise, but you deliberately chose not to...
When you lose your long-term employment, how do you know if discrimination played a part?
Losing a job always feels terrible, but for long-term employees, it can also feel like a betrayal. When you have dedicated a large part of your life to a single job and then you are fired, how can you know if your firing was lawful? Sudden termination after long-term...
Laws prevent different types of age discrimination
Federal law prohibits many if not most employers from engaging in age discrimination. The federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, or ADEA for short, prohibits employers from discriminating against employees over 40. At the federal level, only older employees can...