7th Circuit Rules ADEA Doesn’t Apply To Some Job Applicants
While businesses in California and the across the United States cannot discriminate against employees for being over the age of 40, a new decision from the 7th Circuit casts doubt on whether those protections extend to the hiring process. In…
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Is workplace age discrimination real? Yes
A recent study finds a majority of older workers are laid off or pushed out of jobs at least once between age 50 and retirement. What’s more, 90 percent of those forced out of work never made as much as…
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The Problems With Forced Arbitration
Employees at Google, the tech giant in California, have been challenging tech companies and urging them to change their policies with regards to workplace harassment. In particular, their main gripe pertains to forced arbitration, which requires employees of large tech…
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Job Loss And Retaliation Silence Many Sexual Harassment Victims
The number of workers in California facing sexual harassment at work remains largely hidden because most of them never make formal complaints. University researchers who studied the problem estimated that roughly 5 million people experience sexual harassment on the job…
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