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How the Age Discrimination in Employment Act Protects Older Employees

HR Digest

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), established in 1967, serves as a crucial safeguard against workplace inequality, explicitly prohibiting age discrimination against individuals who are 40 years of age or older.

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A Shifting Landscape of Workplace Challenges

EverFi - HR

As organizations review and re-review their remote work, health and safety, and diversity and inclusion policies and practices, navigating the complex legal landscape related to accommodations, harassment, and discrimination–all while supporting a positive workplace culture–is crucial.

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Mandatory Paid Sick Leave: The Australian Approach to Supporting Workers’ Well-Being

Global People Strategist

There has been a growing recognition of the importance of worker well-being and the need for robust labor standards. The NES is part of Australia’s Fair Work Act 2009 and secures employees’ rights. This coverage extends to casual employees as well, who are entitled to unpaid sick leave.

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SCOTUS has a thing or two to say about age discrimination, which has nothing whatsoever to do with COVID-19.

The Employer Handbook

Last week, on Monday, the Supreme Court issued this age discrimination opinion. She sued the Secretary of Veteran Affairs, alleging that the government discriminated against her based on her age when it stymied a promotion opportunity, took away some holiday pay, and denied her some training opportunities. Joe Ravi / CC BY-SA.

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The Importance of Data Retention as It Relates to Pay Data Reporting

Trusaic

As employee salaries become more visible, employees who feel they’re not being paid fairly are more likely to file pay discrimination lawsuits, which leads to increasing pay data reporting requirements for employers. And yet discrimination in pay practices continues.

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HR tech: The key to achieving pay equity

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The regulations also prohibit pay discrimination on the basis of gender, ensuring equal pay for equal work. The directive aims to eliminate pay discrimination and narrow the gender pay gap across its member countries and includes regulations regarding: Access to information. Intersectional pay discrimination is prohibited.

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Why and How to Conduct an Effective Pay Equity Audit

Trusaic

These four federal statutes ban discrimination in pay: The Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA). The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). What’s more, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 extends the statute of limitations for pay discrimination claims and Executive Order 11246 prohibits pay discrimination by federal contractors.