The Employment Court Case Everyone's Talking About

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On June 18, the Supreme Court reversed a long-standing rule about age bias suits: previously, if a worker said he was fired because of his age, the burden of proof was on the employer.

The 5-4 vote in Gross vs. FBL Financial Services ruled that the burden of proof was on the employee to prove that age discrimination was the direct cause of the layoff, not just one factor.

What’s this all mean? Click the jump to find out.

Since everyone now expects Boomers to work longer than they’d planned (thanks to their plummeting 401(k)s) and some are bound to be laid off, age discrimination lawsuits were expected to become more common.

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