A recent case is a reminder that working in HR is often like herding cats — once you’ve got managers doing one thing right, there’s a chance they’re making mistakes in another area.

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Tags: age, documentation, sex discrimination, supervisor

When making cutbacks, some companies opt to lay off workers based on seniority so that higher-paid employees are terminated first. Are they guilty of age discrimination?

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Tags: age, layoff, reduction-in-force

Sometimes, multiple employees are guilty of the same infraction — but for whatever reason, the manager only fires one of them. Are companies in that situation always guilty of bias?

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Tags: age, performance, similarly situated employees