You probably know it’s illegal under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) for employers to discriminate against workers over 40 years old. You may also know that large groups of over-40-year-old workers can sue as a group, and file what is known as a class-action lawsuit. Occasionally, a class-action lawsuit will involve sub-classes, i.e. […]
US Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification and Award of Overtime Pay in Tyson Case
I said last week that we would say goodbye to the FLSA re-visit some NLRB issues–and we will. But when I wrote that post the US Supreme Court had not published its decision in Tyson v. Bouaphakeo 577 US ____ (2016). That’s the class action lawsuit brought by workers not compensated for time spent donning and doffing […]
Does the EEOC Need to Strike A More Conciliatory Tone???
Caroline Candidate filed a Title VII sex discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against your company, Marvelous Manufacturing, because it didn’t hire her. You respond to the charge, confident it will be dismissed. Instead, the EEOC issues a determination of reasonable cause to believe your company discriminated against the Charging Party — “and […]