Monday, October 08, 2007

No One is Immune

Think it cannot happen to you. "I don't need to waste money on Employment Related Practices Coverage," is said to me day after day. Well read on.


It was announced today that Sidley Austin, one of the nation's largest law firms, agreed to pay $27.5 million to 32 former partners to settle a closely watched age-discrimination lawsuit brought by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In this case not one of the partners even filed a complaint with the EEOC. read on.

American Ballet Theater fired a trumpeter in its orchestra because it believed he was too old, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission charged in an age discrimination lawsuit. The musician, Henry Nowak, was let go in 2005 at age 74, says the suit, filed on Thursday in United States District Court in Manhattan.

No one is immune. Including you.

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