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Age Discrimination or Disciplinary Policy Exception: Why Does the Text Message Generation Get More Chances?

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Does your company state that it will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, color, nationality, disability or gender?  Does your company also have a written progressive disciplinary policy? Do your supervisors always follow each step of the progressive discipline policy?  A new court ruling says that if they don't, you could successfully sue and win significant money damages pursuant to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The Real Case of Cynthia and Leann: Cynthia Kildoo and Leann Richter worked as retail sales associates (RSA's) at a Cellular One store. Both were over 40. The company set specific sales quotas for its RSAs.  For those who failed to meet their quotas, like Cynthia and Leann, Cellular One instructed its store managers to follow its written … [Read more...]

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Hostile Workplace Podcast: #1

El Jefe Abusivo

Download PDF Transcript In episode #1 we discuss how in the current economy terminations and layoffs are increasing, but poor performance is often not the reason used to select who is let go and who is not. We discussed the forum posting contest for the Month of July 2008, where the top three posters to the forums at http://www.UndercoverLawyer.com will win either an Apple iPhone (3G), an iPod Shuffle, or an iTunes gift certificate.  All three top posters will also win a copy of one of the Undercover Lawyer's books about work law, such as "Work Laws Exposed". Finally, we refer to the article "10 Signs You are Bullied at Work" which is at UndercoverLawyer.com.  This article prompted a reader named Randall to write in with his compelling story, which became the main feature of … [Read more...]