Sorry for the absence, but I have a bunch of New York Times articles for you on this Tuesday night:
-First, the Times talks about the bankers golden parachutes creating a windfall for bankers and resentment from the rest of America
-Next, the Times asks when the economy will turn around and hiring will begin again
-Lastly, the NYT on women breaking through the glass ceiling of the Supreme Court, moving from Anita Hill to Sonia Sotomayor
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Supreme Court. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Washington's Rulings
We go to Washington and the Washington Post for our blog articles for this Thursday...
First from the Post, word about the Supreme Court declaring that FedEx Workers can sue over age discrimination: click here
More from today on the same case (in some articles they called it ageism and some called it age bias...all the same idea) and some of the reasons involved and repercussions for Human Resources and what happened with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the case: click here
Lastly from the Post on an unrelated topic, an article about an upside for the Middle Class: click here
First from the Post, word about the Supreme Court declaring that FedEx Workers can sue over age discrimination: click here
More from today on the same case (in some articles they called it ageism and some called it age bias...all the same idea) and some of the reasons involved and repercussions for Human Resources and what happened with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in the case: click here
Lastly from the Post on an unrelated topic, an article about an upside for the Middle Class: click here
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Breaking News on Supreme Court Age Discrimination Case
We've been talking about it here for a while so wanted to update you by letting you know a ruling has come down in the Age Discrimination case seen before the Supreme Court and in a unanimous ruling, they have found in favor of the ex-employee (click here)
This is a big blow to businesses as the Associated Press (via Forbes) writes:
The Supreme Court is leaving the door open for workers in age discrimination cases to present supporting evidence from other employees at a company.
This, after a Washington Post analysis article from Sunday said that the Supreme Court Justices were further resisting finding the right to sue: click here
More later as news becomes available...
Updated: If you want to see the actual Supreme Court decision, check it out here on their website: click here
Updated: The StarTribune weighs in with some more information than the Forbes article, but a little easier for most of us to understand than the full Supreme Court decision: click here
This is a big blow to businesses as the Associated Press (via Forbes) writes:
The Supreme Court is leaving the door open for workers in age discrimination cases to present supporting evidence from other employees at a company.
This, after a Washington Post analysis article from Sunday said that the Supreme Court Justices were further resisting finding the right to sue: click here
More later as news becomes available...
Updated: If you want to see the actual Supreme Court decision, check it out here on their website: click here
Updated: The StarTribune weighs in with some more information than the Forbes article, but a little easier for most of us to understand than the full Supreme Court decision: click here
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Latest 401(K) news
We've been talking a lot lately about the cases the Supreme Court would hear but one ruling they just came out on dealt with 401(K)s...
According to MSNBC (via AP): click here
The issue in the LaRue case was whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act permits an individual account holder to sue plan administrators for breaching their fiduciary duties.
According to MSNBC (via AP): click here
The issue in the LaRue case was whether the Employee Retirement Income Security Act permits an individual account holder to sue plan administrators for breaching their fiduciary duties.
The language of the law refers to recovering money for the “plan” rather than for an individual, raising the question of whether a participant can sue solely for himself.
Justice John Paul Stevens, in his opinion for the court, said that such lawsuits are allowed. “Fiduciary misconduct need not threaten the solvency of the entire plan to reduce benefits below the amount that participants would otherwise receive,” Stevens said.
Business owners supported LaRue's employers and you wonder what repercussions this plan will have on future 401(K) offerings from employers and how many lawsuits will follow this decision...More on Age Discrimination
Whether you call it Ageism (detailed here in full Wiki style) or age discrimination, you, as a Human Resource Professional, should be getting familiar with the idea, because the decisions made in Washington will have an impact on your business. Amazingly, this story is getting very little play in the national media outside of Washington. But we here at the Astron Solutions' blog found you the best articles to get you even more up-to-speed...
First, the Washington Post has a quick summary look at the Age Discrimination cases: click here
Next, an article about how the shield against reprisal after a bias claim was discussed by the Supreme Court: click here
On to Slate which has an article titled "Grumpy Old Men"...always an interesting read over there at Slate: click here
Lastly, Jurist, from University of Pittsburgh Law School, has the court cases for those
who want to see the legalese behind the lawsuits: click here
First, the Washington Post has a quick summary look at the Age Discrimination cases: click here
Next, an article about how the shield against reprisal after a bias claim was discussed by the Supreme Court: click here
On to Slate which has an article titled "Grumpy Old Men"...always an interesting read over there at Slate: click here
Lastly, Jurist, from University of Pittsburgh Law School, has the court cases for those
who want to see the legalese behind the lawsuits: click here
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Too Old? Not in the Workplace
One of the forms of discrimination that may be more prevalent than people think and which many people know very little about is age discrimination.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has facts about age discrimination here: click here
And the United States Department of Labor has information here: click here
But this issue is not as cut and dry as many people would think. Recently my dad was unemployed for a while and while trying to get a new job, he did everything he could to hide his age because of his perceived bias on the part of the people who he was interviewing with.
And he's not the only one...the Supreme Court will hear five Age Discrimination cases according to the Washington Post: click here
The Christian Science Monitor also takes up the issue putting out the issue of: when can people sue for age discrimination: click here
Although this would seem to be a cut and dry area, many companies have policies against older employees and many fire older, tenured employees to bring in younger ones.
And then there's an article from the Boston Globe saying that colleges, companies, and state officials in Massachusetts are giving incentives for young people to stay in state: click here
Although this seems like a good, practical idea with many Baby Boomers retiring and a need for these young workers, how can giving these incentives to young workers and not to the older ones NOT be age discrimination? Would someone have a case against these organizations that provide this incentive?
We'll find out quite soon after the Supreme Court ruling...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has facts about age discrimination here: click here
And the United States Department of Labor has information here: click here
But this issue is not as cut and dry as many people would think. Recently my dad was unemployed for a while and while trying to get a new job, he did everything he could to hide his age because of his perceived bias on the part of the people who he was interviewing with.
And he's not the only one...the Supreme Court will hear five Age Discrimination cases according to the Washington Post: click here
The Christian Science Monitor also takes up the issue putting out the issue of: when can people sue for age discrimination: click here
Although this would seem to be a cut and dry area, many companies have policies against older employees and many fire older, tenured employees to bring in younger ones.
And then there's an article from the Boston Globe saying that colleges, companies, and state officials in Massachusetts are giving incentives for young people to stay in state: click here
Although this seems like a good, practical idea with many Baby Boomers retiring and a need for these young workers, how can giving these incentives to young workers and not to the older ones NOT be age discrimination? Would someone have a case against these organizations that provide this incentive?
We'll find out quite soon after the Supreme Court ruling...
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