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As daughter sought state license, Noem summoned agency head

By STEPHEN GROVESSeptember 28, 2021 GMT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Just days after a South Dakota agency moved to deny her daughter's application to become a certified real estate appraiser, Gov. Kristi Noem summoned to her office the state employee who ran the agency, the woman's direct supervisor and the state labor secretary.

Bill barring birth dates on job applications clears Senate

April 14, 2021 GMT

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut employers could soon be prevented from asking for a job applicant's date of birth, school graduation or school attendance dates, under a bill that unanimously cleared the state Senate on Wednesday...

Justices rule for federal employee over age discrimination

By MARK SHERMANApril 6, 2020 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Well, OK, boomer.

The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination...

Doctors allege anti-Semitism at CU School of Medicine

By MARIANNE GOODLANDJanuary 31, 2020 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nine doctors have accused the University of Colorado School of Medicine of anti-Semitism and age discrimination in a letter delivered to the CU Board of Regents on Thursday.

The nine took the unusual step of asking regents to look into the charges of discrimination and mistreatment in the School of Medicine's Department of Anesthesiology, chaired by Dr...

‘OK, Boomer’ makes a Supreme Court appearance in age case

By MARK SHERMANJanuary 15, 2020 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — “OK, Boomer" made its first appearance in the Supreme Court Wednesday, invoked by baby boomer Chief Justice John Roberts 12 days before he turns 65...

Older Americans more likely to cite workplace discrimination

By ANDREW SOERGELMay 23, 2019 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Are older workers being discriminated against on the job? The answer appears to depend on the age of the person asked...

Saks accused of race, age discrimination in lawsuit

By DEEPTI HAJELANovember 20, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Eight former employees at the Saks Fifth Avenue flagship store filed a race and age discrimination lawsuit Tuesday against the high-end store and its corporate parent, alleging they were subjected to a hostile work environment and unfairly fired...

What’s in a number? Dutchman, 69, seeks age change to 49

By MIKE CORDERNovember 8, 2018 GMT

UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Self-styled positivity guru Emile Ratelband thinks age is just a number...

California law that blocked posting actors’ ages struck down

By BRIAN MELLEYFebruary 21, 2018 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that sought to prevent age discrimination in the entertainment industry by blocking a popular Hollywood website from posting the ages of actors was struck down Tuesday as unconstitutional...