Court OKs Suits on Retaliation in Race, Age Cases

An unexpected blend of liberal and conservative Supreem Court justices gave workers more leeway Tuesday to use when they face retaliation after complaining about discrimination in the workplace. In two employment cases, one involving race and the other, age, the court took an expansive view of worker's rights. They avoided the narrow, ideology based decisions that marked its previous term. The justices read parts of an 1860s civil rights act and the main anti-age bias law to include the right to sue over reprisals even though neither provision expressly prohibits retaliation. I don't think there should be discrimination of any kind in the workplace and I thought it was much better today. But I guess there are still cases of it going on.

Supreme Court Allows Case Against FedEx

Did you know that the Supreme Court decided that employees who claim job discrimination should not suffer because of mistakes made by the federal agency charged with investigating their allegations. The 7-2 ruling allows an age discrimination lawsuit to proceed against FedEx Corp. The majority opinion by Justice Anthony Kennedy was critical of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which failed to notify FedEx that 14 employees had filed a complaint. Companies must be told about complaints before discrimination lawsuits can be filed. I am surprised to learn that companies are still discriminating according to age. I thought that was pretty much settled and not a problem anymore but guess I was wrong.