“Younger people are just smarter…”, announced Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to an audience at Stanford University in 2009, summing up what now seems to be a pervasive problem of age bias in hiring among tech companies. According to a research firm, Payscale, the median age of the average American worker is 42. At tech companies… Read More »
Davenport Sexual Harassment | Employment Discrimination Lawyers
One of the best ways to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace is to understand what it is. Many people may not even realize that they have been a victim of this type of harassment, or that they may be a harasser. There are two types of sexual harassment. Quid Pro Quo involves an employer… Read More »
Study Reveals Disabled Face Employment Discrimination
A recent study conducted by Rutgers and Syracuse universities has concluded that employers appear to discriminate against job applicants reporting a disability. The findings may help explain why only 34 percent of working-age people with disabilities were employed as of 2013, compared to 74 percent of those without disabilities. Researchers conducted the study by sending… Read More »