Sentences with phrase «saying age discrimination»

I'm not saying age discrimination doesn't exist.

She says the age discrimination proposals could significantly affect healthcare and insurance provision.

Not exact matches

«What happens with Facebook is you don't know what you don't know,» said David Lopez, a former general counsel for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who is one of the lawyers at the firm Outten & Golden bringing the age - discrimination case on behalf of the communication workers union.

Facebook, which is not named as a defendant but is accused in the lawsuit of engaging in the practice in its own recruitment efforts, said in a statement on its website that it does not engage in age discrimination.

Laurie McCann, senior attorney at AARP Foundation Litigation, which represents low - income older individuals, said that while there are some «enlightened» companies that recognize the value of experience, age discrimination is still rampant.

Federal officials say Florida - based Darden Restaurants will pay almost $ 3 million to settle a U.S. age discrimination lawsuit alleging its Seasons 52 restaurants don't hire «old white guys.»

Wenger has got a bloody cheek mentioning age discrimination when he's the one who was pensioning players off when they got to 30, now he's saying he's being discriminated against because of his age!

(I) n an interview, she said she had realized from an early age that discrimination against gays was wrong.

``... We're in the midst of a series of assaults in New York City and some of the discrimination issues that we see in the media, and then we have commentary come forth that I just find impossible to believe that somebody in this day and age could say those things.»

- Nearly three quarters of Queens respondents (73 percent) expressed concerns about age discrimination at work, while nearly half (48 percent) said they expect to delay their retirement for financial reasons.

AARP wants to ensure the voting group it says will decide the 19th Congressional District race sees and hears Gibson and Eldridge on such issues as Social Security, Medicare, and age discrimination.

Kathy Zabinski, president of the Civil Service Employees Association, said last week that union lawyers were reading the plan to make sure it didn't constitute as age discrimination, but she didn't have any concerns about it.

Mr Brown released a statement to the gay community saying: «I'm very proud of all that this government has achieved on LGBT rights these last 12 years; from equalising the age of consent, lifting the ban on military service, introducing gay adoption and creating civil partnerships to scrapping section 28, introducing the Gender Recognition Act and banning discrimination at work and in the provision of goods and services.

Later, Labour MP Toby Perkins said the prime minister's comments showed him to be guilty of «disgusting» age discrimination.

Chopik said the study found that it didn't matter where the discrimination came from (e.g., because of race, age, gender or other factors).

The union says it has filed a lawsuit alleging age - discrimination.

Some districts may hesitate to vary pay among individual teachers because it could open the door to gender and age discrimination lawsuits, Butler said.

«Just as we successfully worked to prevent discrimination in the workplace based on one's age, race or religion, we now need to work to prevent discrimination based on one's credit history,» says Pennsylvania State Rep. Babette Josephs, a Democrat whose own bill currently remains in committee.

Sidley said that the move would open the door for younger lawyers, but the EEOC still moved forward with age discrimination claims.

«Although provincial human rights codes may already provide some protection for individuals from genetic discrimination, they also include some exceptions that may allow automobile, life, accident or sickness or disability insurance providers to make distinctions based on an applicant's age, sex, marital status, family status, or physical or mental disability,» says the report.

But the court was unwilling to apply these broader tests developed in this period for disabilities to age discrimination cases, despite the 1999 B.C. v. BCGSEU [«Meiorin»] case that said we have to make human rights standards higher.

«What the Sidley case says is that you have evidence that people are called partners, but in reality are not active in the governance of the firm and don't control their own destiny in the firm,... You can call them whatever you want, but for the purposes of the Age Discrimination Act they are employees.»

The correct result here was a 3 or 4 page judgement saying that equity partners aren't employees, and that if this is an injustice that must be corrected, the proper remedy is to have BC amend its human rights legislation to protect against age discrimination in contract or to amend the definition of «employment» to include partnership relationships.

Ernst & Young has resolved to maintain compulsory retirement clauses despite legal experts saying they amount to age discrimination.

«The complaints we see are not based on race but more on disability,» she said, noting that she thinks age discrimination will be the next big wave of human rights complaints given there's no longer mandatory retirement in Canada.

Age discrimination laws are making waves in the workplace a year after their introduction with about 2,000 claims filed in the first year, Lovells partner Naomi Feinstein says.

But if you're still worried about age discrimination, Berry says to focus on highlighting your useful skills.

Your face can say a lot about you, such as your age, gender, ethnicity and other factors included in discrimination laws.

That being said, age discrimination is illegal, and I've been fortunate enough to work with countless numbers of Baby Boomers who have landed meaningful employment and even made successful career changes.

While she admits that age discrimination exists, she says that in her experience, if you can sell your expertise and demonstrate your value, companies will value that.

Second, if you list experience that's no longer relevant, it will date you, which can leave you vulnerable to age discrimination, Llames said.

Two out of three workers between the ages of 45 and 74 say they have seen — or experienced — age discrimination at work.

Pete Kresky can't really say he's experienced blatant age discrimination, but the 70 - year - old marketing executive and job seeker said he suspects it's there.

The best way to keep age from being a factor in your job search is not to make it an issue early, said Dan Kohrman, a senior attorney at AARP who oversees age - discrimination cases.

Answer: Unless the employer did or said something specific that resembles age discrimination, I encourage you not to assume that your age is a problem.

To combat age discrimination — an incident in which a job applicant or employee is treated less favorably in any realm of employment (from hiring all the way to job termination) because of their age — older professionals need to «come up with a plan to change the employer's focus,» says Phil Rosenberg, president of reCareered, a career coaching service and web site.

The Employer Pledge Program is important, she says, because «age discrimination is alive and well in the workplace» and AARP members want to know how they can avoid it.

As I said right upfront, age discrimination is always a possibility and being active online shows that you are not out of touch.