The Minnesota Supreme Court issued an important decision in an employment law case on February 8, 2023, Henry v. Independent School District 625. The Plaintiff, Barbara Henry, was a Network Technician for the St. Paul ...
When a recently retired employee wants to come back to work, there may be good reasons not to hire that person. The applicant’s age and “long term” prospects should not be among them, as one ...
A Federal Court in Minnesota recently ruled that simply being placed on probation is not an adverse employment action upon which an age discrimination claim can be based. Diane Ford, a fifty-eight year old woman, ...
Can an employer lawfully terminate an employee for misconduct even if the employee disputes the allegations and later proves them wrong? The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals just answered “yes” in a very convincing and ...
What happens when you tell a 63 year-old employee that he won’t get the newly created promotion and will be laid off because the company wants a new face? Nothing, according to the Eighth Circuit ...
A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that subgroups of older employees (e.g. employees in their 50’s) can claim that an employment action illegally impacts them based on age even if the overall effect on employees in the protected age ...
