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Age Discrimination is the practice of treating an employee or job applicant less favorably than other employees or applicants due to his or her age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only protects... more +

Age Discrimination is the practice of treating an employee or job applicant less favorably than other employees or applicants due to his or her age. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only protects those workers or applicants who are over the age of forty. Some state laws expand age discrimination protection to younger workers as well. Age Discrimination can take many forms including persistent harassment based on a person's age, demotion, unjustified pay disparities, passing over for opportunity, or any other adverse employment action motivated by an individual's age. less -

Feds Say Tech Industry Still Lacks Diversity: 10 Steps Employers Can Take to Eliminate Barriers

Fisher Phillips on 10/28/2024

Tech industry employers may want to boost their anti-discrimination efforts as the federal government recently decided to shine a spotlight on low diversity in many high-tech occupations. Although tech employers have made...more

Evidence Over Inference: Fourth Circuit Rejects Same-Actor Inference in Recent Employment Discrimination Case

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,... on 8/7/2024

A recent case from the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Lattinville-Pace v. Intelligent Waves LLC, has important implications for employers. In the case, a 67-year-old employee brought suit alleging age...more

Hiring discrimination claims: 5 ways to stay out of hot water

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 8/2/2024

Learn from a real employer's mistakes. Imagine this scenario: You are advertising for an open position. You get three applicants: •Applicant 1 meets or exceeds all of your requirements. •Applicant 2 fails to meet your...more

AI Workplace Screener Faces Bias Lawsuit: 5 Lessons for Employers and 5 Lessons for AI Developers

Fisher Phillips on 7/23/2024

A California federal court just allowed a frustrated job applicant to proceed with an employment discrimination lawsuit against an AI-based vendor after more than 100 employers that use the vendor’s screening tools rejected...more

EEOC sues Meatheads

McAfee & Taft on 12/27/2023

Do you have any idea how long I have waited for the chance to use the term “meatheads” in the title of an article? Thanks to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, I now have that opportunity....more

I'm an employment lawyer. Here are 5 things you employers are doing wrong.

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 12/8/2023

You won't want to miss this!!! You all probably read respectable news sources. I subscribe to a number of "sober" mainstream publications, but have a sick attraction to the Daily Mail and the New York Post....more

Using AI to Facilitate Employment-Related Processes Carries Risk

Tonkon Torp LLP on 9/25/2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere and is being used in virtually all industries. A survey by the Society for Human Resource Management last year found that almost 25% of employers use AI to make employment-related...more

EEOC Settles First AI Hiring Bias Lawsuit

DCI Consulting on 8/25/2023

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) settled its first lawsuit concerning artificial intelligence (AI) bias in hiring with iTutorGroup Inc. (now known as Fullmind), an organization that provides...more

EEOC Settles First Suit Regarding the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Frantz Ward LLP on 8/18/2023

We previously reported in May of 2022 that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice, issued guidance to employers, employees and applicants on the use of...more

The EEOC Settles Its First Lawsuit Alleging AI-Based Discrimination in Employment

Baker Donelson on 8/18/2023

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) entered into a settlement agreement in its first lawsuit alleging discrimination based on artificial intelligence (AI). In the lawsuit, the EEOC alleged that iTutorGroup, an...more

Employers Beware: Discriminatory Artificial Intelligence Can Result in Liability

Amundsen Davis LLC on 8/17/2023

The possible uses of artificial intelligence (AI) have received much coverage lately. Now the risks of using AI to assist in the hiring process are in the spotlight since the EEOC just settled its first suit alleging...more

EEOC Breaks New Ground by Settling First-Ever AI Discrimination Lawsuit: 10 Pointers to Avoid Robot Bias

Fisher Phillips on 8/15/2023

We’ve reached another milestone in the AI revolution: the federal agency charged with enforcing anti-bias laws just recorded its first-ever settlement in a case involving AI discrimination in the workplace. The Equal...more

EEOC Files for Consent Decree Settlement in AI Discrimination Case

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 8/14/2023

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ramped-up enforcement and guidance in recent months over employers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI). On May 18, 2023, as part of its Artificial Intelligence and...more

Colorado’s New Job Application Law Prohibits Age-Related Inquiries

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 7/17/2023

Colorado employers should take heed to update their initial job applications, including online forms, to comply with Colorado’s new “Job Application Fairness Act,” codified at C.R.S Section 8-2-131. The new requirements went...more

Colorado’s Job Application Fairness Act Restricts Employers’ Ability to Request Age-Related Information From Applicants

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/7/2023

On June 2, 2023, Colorado enacted the Job Application Fairness Act (JAFA), joining California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania as states prohibiting employers from requesting age-related information during the hiring...more

NJ Appellate Division Rules No Age or Disability Bias in Termination of 60-Year-Old Employee

Genova Burns LLC on 4/17/2023

On March 29, 2023, the New Jersey Appellate Division affirmed an employer’s win after a former employee claimed he was fired on the basis of his age and disability. In Estate of Zoto v. Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon...more

EEOC Hears Testimony Concerning Employment Discrimination in Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 2/3/2023

On January 31, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing, titled, “Navigating Employment Discrimination in AI and Automated Systems: A New Civil Rights Frontier,” to receive panelist...more

Staffing Solutions to Pay $550,000 to Settle EEOC Discriminatory Hiring and Placement Suit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on 10/4/2022

Company Rejected Black, Disabled, Pregnant and Older Applicants and Forced Out Office Manager Who Opposed Discrimination, Federal Agency Charged - BUFFALO, N.Y. – Staffing Solutions of WNY Inc., a Buffalo-based staffing...more

Filling Vacancies With Internal Candidates Without Application Process Leads to Discrimination Claim

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/6/2022

S.G. v. Norristown Area S.D., No. 20-1682, 2021WL 6063122 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 22, 2021) (Federal court allowed a discrimination claim of part-time teacher to proceed arising from a school district’s practice of hiring internal...more

Beware of the Use of Artificial Intelligence Recruitment and Hiring Tools

Snell & Wilmer on 5/19/2022

As the use of artificial intelligence recruitment and hiring tools becomes more prevalent, it is important to remember that such processes are subject to anti-discrimination laws. Employers have an obligation to inspect such...more

Pitfalls for Startups in Germany when Drafting Job Ads

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/23/2022

Here's what happened: A Berlin startup wrote in its job ad that it is looking for a "(Junior) Key Account Manager". The company's description referred to "a young team with flat hierarchies". A 50-year-old whose application...more

California Appellate Court Rules Stray Remarks Enough to Defeat Summary Judgment In Age Discrimination Case

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 11/3/2021

Stray remarks by a non-decision maker, together with other evidence, may be enough to keep a discrimination case alive, the California Court of Appeal for the second appellate district held in the recently decided Jorgensen...more

New Jersey Age Discrimination Protections Broadened

Epstein Becker & Green on 10/13/2021

On October 5, 2021, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A681 (“Law”) into law, strengthening the state’s protections against age discrimination by amending the Law Against Discrimination (LAD) to...more

New Jersey Amends Workplace Bias Law to Expand Protections Against Age Discrimination

Fisher Phillips on 10/8/2021

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy just signed a bill amending the state’s workplace bias statute by expanding protections against age discrimination. The most significant aspect of Assembly Bill No. 681, signed into law on...more

Amendments Impacting Connecticut Hiring Practices Take Effect October 1

Harris Beach PLLC on 9/23/2021

Two major legislative amendments to Connecticut’s employment statutes go into effect on October 1, 2021, both of which involve employers’ hiring practices. The first amendment, in Public Act 21-69 entitled “An Act...more

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