Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/pole-vault-pole-vaulting-pole-vault-2644697/) There are two sides to this argument. Let’s explore them. “Overqualified” Is Just Another Word For Age Discrimination. I like reading the eponymous The Tim Sackett Project. Tim is a shining star in the HR community and someone with whom I enjoy catching up at HR events…
Colleagues Job Offer Job Workplace Job Search (Image Credit: Maxpixel.net https://www.maxpixel.net/Colleagues-Job-Offer-Job-Workplace-Job-Search-2860035 License use Creative Commons Zero – CC0) Ayo, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just released a report on “The State of Age Discrimination and Older Workers in the U.S. 50 Years After the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).” According…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/setting-hand-leave-job-workplace-2473874/) Law firms, among other businesses, are notorious for seeking non-partner candidates with experience within a range of years. “1-4 years,” “5-8 years,” “with about 10 years of experience.” Could placing a cap on the number of years of experience be part of a code for “we…
Photo by rawpixel.com on Unsplash Remember that blog post I had last Spring. I’m talking about the one about an employment agency that allegedly emailed a job applicant the following cringe-worthy, what we’re really saying here is “sue me” rejection email: “Thanks for your reply. I check the details of [sic] you. And…
When this happened, you knew that I had to do some celebrating. Twice. So, the fam and braved the long lines (during which my young children got quite a vocabulary lesson) and headed into Philadelphia on Thursday for the Philadelphia Eagles parade. Just us and a few million strangers. But, football season is over. I’ve…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com The title of this blog post is somewhat misleading. Yes, this post combines cars and employment law. But, more than anything, it was just an excuse to use this cool image, play The Cars – a song called “Drive,” no less – and say, “Dude, where’s my…
Hundreds of large employers, including Amazon, T-Mobile US, and Cox Communications allegedly engaged in the unlawful practice of excluding older workers from receiving job ads on Facebook for open positions at their companies, claim the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and three workers. Together with powerhouse law firm Outten & Golden,…
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Age Discrimination Employment Act (ADEA), the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is determined to make the ADEA “more relevant than ever.” Translation: If your workplace doesn’t get its act together soon, come 2018, you’re gonna be like this if the agency or a…
A lesson on why it’s so important to tell it like it is when firing someone. “It’s not working out.” The plaintiff in McMullin v. Evangelical Services for the Aging (opinion here) began his job as CFO in March 2014. He was 63. Hired by the employer’s CEO, the plaintiff…
Before we get to that, I may have a few ideas on that image above. Here’s a hint. And now, on with the show. The inspiration for today’s post comes from my buddy, John Baldino, who tweeted this yesterday: (By the way, if you’re in HR and you’re not following…