In this age of layoffs, employees are often presented with severance agreements when terminated. These agreements typically require individuals to release all potential employment law claims, including age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in...
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Month: January 2013
Code Word for Age Discrimination
By: Jessica Lappin, Published in: The Huffington Post, January 17, 2013 New Yorkers over 55 quickly learn the open secret that “overqualified” means “too old.” The Great Recession has impacted workers of all ages, but seniors and near-seniors have been hit...
Friendly Fire: References
Taken from Workplace Fairness Blog, week of December 10, 2012 What’s the big deal with references during a job search? You sign up a few people who are your biggest cheerleaders and give their names to prospective employers. A recent study of hiring managers made an...
Don’t Sign Away Discrimination Claims to Get Severance Pay
1/2/2013 by Michele Bowman, Lawyers.com Trinity Health Corporation on Dec. 20 settled charges brought by the EEOC over the employer’s alleged policy of denying or delaying severance to employees who file discrimination charges after leaving their jobs. In general,...