Recently disclosed emails revealed that the Ford Motor Co. targeted older salaried and high-performing employees when it laid off thousands in 2019. The strategy focused on ridding the company of pension costs and other employment expenses during a global cost-cutting...
Age discrimination
COVID-19: the latest excuse employers use in age discrimination
Age discrimination by employers represents just another not-so-overlooked effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past year, it seems that a growing number of older workers are being terminated or laid-off by employers for this reason. COVID-19 seemingly provides...
Bipartisan bill would make it easier to file age discrimination claims
Today’s sharp political divide cuts through Michigan and across the other 49 states as well. So, it’s a rare treat to see bipartisan legislation emerge in the halls of Congress. The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act would make it easier for older...
Subtle signs of age discrimination in the workplace
As workers reach middle age, they face a new challenge: stereotypes. Despite being outlawed, age discrimination remains a real problem in America. Just how prevalent is it?In one study cited by the Society for Human Resource Management, 56% of older workers were...
Instructors receive settlement in age-discrimination case
Two university instructors have reached a settlement in an age-discrimination dispute that will give each of them more than $200,000.The two were teachers in the English as a second language program at Ohio State University. They claimed that the director of the ESL...
Jury awards $31 million in age discrimination case
A jury has awarded $31 million to a woman in an age discrimination case in California. The plaintiff alleged that she was forced to quit after enduring abuse from her superiors at a medical tech company. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury ordered the company to pay...
Restaurant chain settles age-discrimination case for $12 million
A national restaurant chain has agreed to pay $12 million to individuals who were affected by the company's practice of not hiring individuals over age 40 for certain jobs.The settlement was reached earlier this year between Texas Roadhouse and the U.S. Equal...
Jury awards more than $800,000 in age-discrimination case
Winning an age-discrimination lawsuit is challenging, but a recent case in Pennsylvania proves it is not impossible. A jury in federal court in Pittsburgh has awarded a 62-year-old former county jail officer more than $800,000 in an age-discrimination lawsuit.The...