03.12.09
Employment Practices Coverage in Place?
Scale back by whacking the higher-paid guy with more seniority? Be careful: “Figures scheduled for release later this week by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission show that age-discrimination allegations by employees are at a record high, jumping 29% to 24,600 filed in the year ended Sept. 30, up from 19,103 in 2007. While overall employment discrimination complaints are also at a record high — up 15% to 95,402 complaints — the most dramatic increase was in the age-related complaints, the EEOC said.”
