[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Just wait till they see what kind of expensive lawsuits they encounter if the gay activists ever succeed at getting "sexual orientation" anti-discrimination laws in place.

[FourtySeven]

WAIT....

...at 34 I'm considered "older"? I'm only SIX years away from being a "protected class"? *sigh* Where have all the years gone?

[rhombus]

I can smell the golden parachutes now.

[Electrowoman]

So if I have this right, it doesn't matter that a company didn't intend discrimination...people can still sue over discrimination? Wha?

[Vortex]

I thought 60 was the new 40, anyway...

[atomicweeder]

Read the opinions of the Court. This is out of control judicial activism. The court ruled that the specific case, brought by some older police officers, had no validity. But it ruled that, in general, you did not have to prove intent to be biased. The 9 mullahs should only have said whether the case was valid or not. Instead, they went beyond that to make up a new law.

[newgeezer]

Workers 40 or older can sue their employers for practices that favor younger workers even if there was no intentional bias

COOL! Now, back to our regularly scheduled FReeping ...

[almcbean]

I'm filing a race-based class action against the NBA. Their hiring policies obvious have a "disparate impact" on white guys who can't jump.

[af_vet_1981]

Have The Supremes ruled yet that the rest of the world owes us a living ?

[You Dirty Rats]

Opinions can be found here:

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=000&invol=03-1160&friend=nytimes

[Pharmboy]

Well, not a big surprise. What's the average age of the Supremes? 84??

[OldFriend]

What a disastrous finding.

Are they all PVS

[McGavin999]

Actually, smart employers know that most seniors have a significanly better work ethic than a lot of younger employees. I understand it's offset somewhat by higher insurance costs but if the employers would sign on for Medical Savings Accounts that would be taken care of. The employer usually pays for the policy that picks up catastrophic illness, the employee puts his portion of the insurance premium into a savings account and what is not used up can be rolled into retirement accounts. Good solution for everyone (especially the younger crowd)

[tomahawk]

More work for me (I practice employment law for employers).

[Husker24]

So if an 80 year old woman applied to be a stripper, she could sue if not given the job?

[freepatriot32]

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