A Michigan oral surgery practice has agreed to pay $47,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit filed by the EEOC . The agency alleged ...

This year, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act turns 50. Which means the law itself has been protected from age discrimination for a ...

Last week, Steven Colbert conducted a mock job interview for President Obama . During the course of the interview, he asked the President qu...

Image credit: slate.com The EEOC has sued a Colorado hospital for age discrimination. The key allegation? That it forced employees to r...

Yesterday, #ElderlyChristmasSongs trended on Twitter. Yes, it’s meant to be a joke, and, yes, some were even funny. Now here’s the part w...

Let’s say you’re looking to fill a position at your company that requires a certain degree of technical proficiency. Or, you just want to ma...

I do a lot of speaking. One speech that I’ve been giving over the past couple of years is entitled, “X+Y+Z = A Generational Mess for Your Wo...

The National Law Journal reports that Texas Roadhouse has sued the EEOC, demanding background on the agency’s prior age discrimination suit...

Yesterday’s New York Daily News ran the following headline: “Long Island man, 76, sues company for age discrimination after ‘workforce redu...

Suppose an employee applies for a transfer to an open position. The company decides to hire an external candidate and passes on transferring...

It’s no secret that Ohio’s age discrimination statute is a hot mess . The statute has four different ways a plaintiff can file an age claim ...

Employers who eliminate headcount as part of a reduction in force receive special protection under the age discrimination laws. In a bona fi...

I’m a white male, which means I’ve spent my entire life unprotected by the various civil rights laws to which I’ve devoted my career. Yes, I...

Reductions-in-force present a unique issue for an employer defending its decision in a subsequent discrimination case. The employer already ...

Stephen King’s Bag of Bones is about an author who moves to a lakeside house to confront his nightmare in the wake of his pregnant wife’s d...

In Litton v. Talawanda Sch. Dist. (6th Cir. 6/26/12) [pdf] , a demoted and transferred custodian sued his employer for age and race discrim...

The EEOC has published its draft strategic plan for fiscal years 2012 – 2016 . A quick Ctrl-F for the word “systemic” reveals 16 different h...

It’s no secret that I’m not a fan of arbitration of employment disputes. Conventional wisdom says that binding arbitration keeps down costs...

Suppose you apply for a job. The job has certain dress code requirements for all employees. You, however, think the mandatory clothing wi...

I came across an article yesterday on The Huffington Post which says that many large retailers are requiring job applicants to disclose the...