All Questions and Answers about Discrimination: Age

Does age discrimination apply in this case?
We are three per-diem seasoned employees, ages 56-61 and are being told that we are not being called in to work (given a large amount of lack of work over the last six months)because our new manager i...
1 answer  |  asked May 29, 2014 09:50 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Layoff
I work in a warehouse with 2 other people and I' am the supervisor. The company has over 500 employs. Our manager told us one of us would be layoff in 4 weeks. They will not tell us who it will be unt...
1 answer  |  asked Apr 25, 2012 1:12 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

do I have grounds for a case? Do I need a lawyer to do it?
I work for Lowes part time and applied for a full time job in which I have 7 yrs experience. I'm 44 yrs old & take medication for attention deficit. When I applied for job the Human Resource (HR) aske...
1 answer  |  asked Feb 25, 2012 10:38 PM [EST]  |  applies to Hawaii

What are my fathers rights?
My father has been a principal in the catholic diocese for >40yrs. He was told today he has to have retirement/resignation letter in by Friday April 1st or he will be issued a notice of termination le...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 30, 2011 2:29 PM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

What if they hire a younger person to take my job and want to transfer me to a different job.
Age 57, earnings >$100k, manager, 10 years seniority. My employer has made it known that they want a young management team and set out to find a younger person to take my job. I have never been reprim...
4 answers  |  asked Mar 30, 2011 04:28 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

I gave my 2 week notice then recended it can they say no when they need people in my specialty
They told me no and Im 45, two times in 2 years a 20 year old did it and came back for the 3rd time and he is still working there now. I also have proof of gender and racial discrimination in that wor...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 2, 2011 12:25 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Not hired for job due to age discrimination
I recently interviewed with a local company for an Assist. IT Director's job. The current IT Director is leaving in a few months so this position was created to fill the Director position after an acc...
1 answer  |  asked Oct 11, 2010 04:20 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Can my company pass over me for a promotion when I have 35 years experience for someone who has none
I have been in Display for many years. My store was closed so I transferred to another branch. After a few years, the lead position came open. They hired a man with no Display experience and no manage...
1 answer  |  asked Jun 25, 2010 05:56 AM [EST]  |  applies to Georgia

Age discrimination?
I was recently terminated from after 11 years of very good performance reviews, due to violation of their "social networking policy". My offense had to do with a personal site. The CEO of the company ...
1 answer  |  asked Mar 2, 2010 06:30 AM [EST]  |  applies to Ohio

Could this be age discrimination?
My mother is 64 years old, turns 65 years old in 3 weeks. She has worked for a large and growing doctors office for 23 years as a medical transcriptionist. This position was replaced by technology but...
1 answer  |  asked Jan 25, 2010 8:41 PM [EST]  |  applies to Arizona

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