When you have been the subject of any type of discrimination at work, recording the incident and preserving any associated evidence can be the key to protecting yourself – and safeguarding any future discrimination claim you may want to pursue. Revealing the specific...
Age Discrimination
Federal Age Discrimination Case Filed against the City of Milpitas Has Settled for $140,000, EEOC Announces
The City of Milpitas, located in the Bay Area, has recently agreed to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit to the tune of $140,000 and some additional remedies. This is according to an announcement from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),...
Age Discrimination News: Elderly Job Applicants Stay Unemployed Longer than Younger Applicants, Study Reveals
As American workers age, the job market tends to become an increasingly unwelcome place for them, according to the findings of a recently published study. In fact, as researchers1 have reportedly discovered, aging workers in the U.S. generally have a harder time...
3 Surprising Statistics about Age Discrimination in American Workplaces
Age discrimination is real issue in many workplaces in the U.S. To highlight the nature and scope of this problem, below are some of the latest statistics about this form of workplace discrimination in the U.S.: Workplace age discrimination complaints filed with the...
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Disability Discrimination: FAQs
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) prohibits discrimination in employment against individuals with physical and/or mental impairments. Because the ADA offers various protections to disabled workers – and because many people may be unaware of their...
EEOC Files Age Discrimination Lawsuit against City of Milpitas
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has recently filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the City of Milpitas, alleging that city officials passed over four older qualified applicants for the position of executive secretary to the city manager....
LA Rental Car Company Settles EEOC Age Discrimination Suit for $425,000
Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company of Los Angeles, LLC has agreed to pay a $425,000 settlement to resolve an age discrimination case brought against it by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Announcing this settlement, the EEOC explained that the...