Age Discrimination in Employment Act

Employers who Use Exclusionary Facebook Online Ad Practices Are Being Sued for Age Discrimination

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Age Discrimination, Discrimination, Workplace Discrimination
According to the National Law Review, one important case that is expected to review employee rights includes online advertisement practices which profile younger applicants. “The Communications Workers of America (“CWA”) filed Communications Workers of America v. T-Mobile US, et al. in May 2018, as a proposed ...

Age Discrimination and Retaliation Verdict of $4.25M against Abbott Labs

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Harassment, Retaliation, Workplace Discrimination
Our attorneys report that last week a federal jury found that Abbott Labs, one of the largest health care companies in the world, violated its employee’s rights based on age discrimination and retaliation.  In turn, the jury awarded the victim $4.25 million after age discrimination was proven by a preponderance of t...

Age Discrimination Lawsuits Upsurge against PWC and Fire Departments in San Francisco and Riverside County, Respectively

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Employee Rights, Employment - Class Actions, Workplace Discrimination
Our San Francisco and Riverside County employment attorneys report a spike in age discrimination lawsuits this week.  One was filed this week by a Certified Public Accountant by the name of Steve Rabin against the internationally renowned consulting and accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Rabin v. PricewaterhouseC...

EEOC settles $425K age discrimination charges against Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Workplace Discrimination
The Los Angeles office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has settled age discrimination charges for $425,000 against Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC (Enterprise), a subsidiary of Enterprise Holdings, North America's largest rental car company. The EEOC charges alleged that Ente...

Is Your Workplace Wellness Program Discrimination? EEOC Thinks So

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Workplace Discrimination
Over the last several years, the Affordable Care Act expanded employers' ability to offer wellness programs at the risk of workplace discrimination. In 2014, companies aimed to improve the health of their employees while reducing health care costs. Rewarding employees for achieving health goals (and lowering comp...

Workplace Discrimination: 2015 Ushers in New Era of Age Violation

Posted on by Simon Mikail
Category: Workplace Discrimination
As Economy Forces Older Workers to Remain at Work, Workplace Discrimination Climbs: Recent Cases Involve Newport Beach Firefighters Suing their Department and a $26 Million Verdict to a Staples Facilities Manager Suing under Workplace Age Discrimination A recent workplace age discrimination lawsuit brought by ...