More signs this week that the federal government is ramping up enforcement of employment laws. The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division is seeking a $22 million budget increase for 2010, and is seeking to hire 50 new attorneys. Law Memo Employment Law Blog reports that the 
EEOC has been very active recently in filing lawsuits. The Agency filed 32
Age Discrimination
Iowa Case Changes the Age Discrimination Landscape–At Least for Now
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in Age Discrimination, U.S. Supreme Court
On June 18 the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Gross v. FBL Financial Services, an age discrimination case arising out of Iowa. We first reported on the Gross case when the Court heard arguments a couple of months ago. Since the decision was issued, many commentators have opined…
Layoffs and Age Bias
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in Age Discrimination
Conventional wisdom in the world of layoffs and reductions in force has held that older workers are more at risk for layoff because they generally earn higher salaries than their younger colleagues. However, in this downturn, employers’ concern about the high cost of age bias claims may have put the jobs of younger workers more at…
U. S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Iowa Age Bias Case
By Patrick Smith on
Posted in Age Discrimination
The United States Supreme Court has been very active recently in hearing employment law cases, and this term is no exception. In fact, just last week, the Court heard oral argument on what has become a closely watched age discrimination case that arose in Iowa.
Gross v. FBL Financial Services, Inc., which was tried in…