By Leonard Sciolla, LLP | Published October 2, 2020 | Posted in Discrimination | Comments Off on Ageism in the Workplace
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IBM found out the hard way this week, through fines and penalties, that the older generations are a force to be reckoned with. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found IBM committed persistent age discrimination. In its investigation of documents between 2013 and 2018, the EEOC discovered “top-down messaging from IBM’s highest ranks directing Read More
Read MoreVoting is different this year. There’s no way around that. If you have questions about how to navigate the differences, you’re not alone. There has been a lot of discussion regarding mail-in voting versus in-person voting and there are important things you need to know depending on which method you plan to use. Also, new Read More
Read MoreHappy National Small Business Week to all the entrepreneurs and small business owners out there! Despite the huge hit taken as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many small businesses are still thriving, and many are still being started up. It is crucial for both existing and new businesses to have guidance from an experienced Read More
Read More“We are at last beginning to relegate to the history books the idea of a token woman.” – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, on her legacy. We lost a legend this weekend. “When I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?’ and my answer is: ‘When there are nine.’ People are Read More
Read MoreHave you ever been involved in a car accident? Or injured in a trip and fall or slip and fall? People get hurt every day and often do not realize they could be entitled to compensation. Understanding the injury from both a physical and psychological viewpoint is what makes our lawyers so successful in obtaining Read More
Read MoreThe Philadelphia Eagles are not off to a great start this season. The long-anticipated opening game against the Washington Football Team went poorly to say the least. Philadelphia came out hot, going up 17-0. But with less than two minutes left in the first half, Quarterback Carson Wentz threw an interception (his first of three Read More
Read MoreThe National Football League has resumed and the Philadelphia Eagles will get started on Sunday against the Washington Football Team, but today they took care of some legal business. The Eagles and Jason Peters tore up the contract Peters signed on July 14th and signed a new deal. Both sides recognized the deal no longer Read More
Read MorePayrolls this Friday may provide employees with an additional 6.2% to their paycheck, but in the spring those individuals could have their paychecks reduced to make up for it. President Donald Trump issued the Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster (the “Memorandum”) on August 8, 2020. The Memorandum Read More
Read MoreThis June, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against President Trump’s bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), holding that DACA recipients could legally remain in the country and continue to apply for renewal as well as for first-timers to submit new applications. However, since the ruling, the Trump Read More
Read MoreThe CARES Act suspended student loan payments and interest for three months and authorized the Secretary of Education to extend the suspension for an additional three months. That extension ends on September 30, 2020. On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued the Memorandum on Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic (the “Memorandum”) Read More
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