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CAUTIONARY TALE EPISODE 34
DON’T BE COLD TO THE OLD Google Settles Age Discrimination Case for $11 Million Federal age discrimination protections, including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), apply to companies with 20 or more on payroll. California’s workplace anti-discrimination law, the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), applies to employers with five or more […]
WORKPLACE AGE DISCRIMINATION LAWS PROTECT “OLD PEOPLE” ONLY
How Old is Legally “Old”? While many might recognize that business cannot use “age” as a criterion for employment decisions, including hiring, promotion, discipline or termination, the federal and California protections actually only apply to persons “of a certain age.” Workers under 40, the relatively “young,” do not have such rights. Employees aged 40 or […]