Category Archives: Age Discrimination
The Discriminatory Reduction In Force: Employer Finds Positions For Younger, But Not Older, Workers
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our wrongful termination lawyers in Sumter County, Florida know employers believe that age discrimination claimants cannot prevail when they proffer reduction in force as the reason for termination. Recognizing that if they present just a shred of evidence showing an economic basis for the… Read More »
Can A Pattern Of Discipline Against An Older Worker Create A Hostile Working Environment?
Through their decades of experience handling age discrimination cases, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that older employees are often treated differently and less favorably from younger employees. One area where older workers are routinely treated worse than younger employees is disciplinary action. In far too many cases, older employees face… Read More »
Is Preferential Treatment Of Younger Workers Evidence Of An Age-Based Discriminatory Discharge?
For more than twenty years, our age discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have fought for the rights of age discrimination victims. Through their decades of experience handling age discrimination cases, our age discrimination attorneys in Ocala, Florida know that many employers give preferential treatment to younger employees. For example, younger employees are given… Read More »
A Common Discriminatory Employment Practice: The Failure To Recall Laid Off Older Workers
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that older workers continue to face significant obstacles in their efforts to gain and retain employment. Employee layoffs is one of the many areas in employment law where older employees continue to endure systemic discrimination…. Read More »
Is A Single Age-Related Remark Enough By Itself To Prove A Worker Was Fired Because Of Age?
Having decades of experience representing age discrimination victims, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida know that employers have used employer-friendly courts to create a substantial body of case law that minimizes the evidentiary value of age-related discriminatory remarks. In order for an age-related discriminatory remark to constitute relevant evidence that the challenged… Read More »
Can Discriminatory Remarks Prove A Discriminatory Failure To Hire Case?
Through their decades of experience handling employment discrimination cases, our employment discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida know that discriminatory failure to hire cases can be difficult to prove. The inherent difficulty in proving a discriminatory failure to hire case is that job applicants generally have limited personal knowledge or information regarding the circumstances… Read More »
Was A Basketball Coach’s Age In The Minds Of Management When They Decided To Fire Him?
Through decades of experience representing age discrimination victims, our age discrimination lawyers in Citrus County, Florida have learned that proving an employee was fired because of his or her age turns on the question of the employer’s motive. As the U.S. Supreme Court explained in Hazen Paper Co. v. Biggins, 507 U.S. 604 (1993),… Read More »
Company Agrees to Pay $105,000 to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit After EEOC Finds Management’s Excuses Didn’t Hold Water
Having represented age discrimination victims for more than two decades, our Citrus County employee rights lawyers know that employers violate the law against age discrimination in numerous ways, including repeatedly asking a worker about their plans to retire, claiming to eliminate their position for financial reasons, and then hiring a younger worker into that… Read More »
Medical Group Agrees to Pay Nearly $7 Million to Resolve Discrimination Charges Stemming From Mandatory Retirement Age Policy
Scripps Clinical Medical Group (Scripps) is a multispecialty healthcare practice in San Diego, California, boasting more than 950 physicians and clinicians among its members. Earlier this month, Scripps agreed to pay $6.875 million to resolve claims of age and disability discrimination related to the company’s mandatory retirement age policy. The policy required an entire… Read More »
Are Repeated Inquiries About A Worker’s Retirement Plans Evidence Of Age Discrimination
Through decades of experience fighting for the rights of employees, our age discrimination lawyers in Marion County, Florida have learned that employers frequently ask older employees about their retirement plans. Generally, asking employees about when they plan to retire is not, standing alone, evidence of age discrimination. Because asking employees about their retirement plans… Read More »
