Who is covered by age discrimination laws?
If you are forty or older, you are protected from adverse employment decisions (e.g., hiring, termination, terms and conditions such as pay, etc.) at least partially based on your age, in whole or in part. Do I have a case of age discrimination? Many writers believe that they have been victims of age discrimination, but just can’t prove it. It’s their word against my belief. Age discrimination may be proved by either direct evidence (often referred to as a smoking gun) and/or circumstantial evidence (like statistics and individual anecdotes). In other words, you don’t need a smoking gun. And, in fact, in most successful employment discrimination cases there is no smoking gun. We intend to proceed in this case on behalf of a group of writers. In a group lawsuit, the plaintiffs are usually required to prove only that the defendants engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against the protected group to which they belong. If successful, the burden then shifts to the defendants i
If you are forty or older, you are protected from adverse representation decisions based on in whole or in part on your age. Do I have a case of age discrimination? Many writers believe that they have been victims of age discrimination, but just can’t prove it. It’s their word against my belief. Age discrimination may be proved by either direct evidence (often referred to as a smoking gun) and/or circumstantial evidence (like statistics and individual anecdotes). In other words, you don’t need a smoking gun. And, in fact, in most successful discrimination cases there is no smoking gun. We intend to proceed in the CAA case on behalf of a group of writers. In a group lawsuit, the plaintiffs are usually required to prove only that the defendants engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against the protected group to which they belong. If successful, the burden then shifts to the defendant in a subsequent stage of litigation to prove that they did not discriminate against specifi
