http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/qanda_severance-agreements.html
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I was discriminated against and I filed a lawsuit. I have over 10 laws that were broken. If you think you have a Snowballs chance for now. F***ing take it. If you feel that you were discriminated against, do not be ashamed contact a lawyer immediately I did. I'll let you know what my settlement is in two weeks. And if it's done enough I'll let you know little later because I'm going to take this son of a bitch to court. When all is said and done I'll talk about it and report it to the media
Oh, for pete's sake! If you have to THINK about whether you've been discriminated against, what's the point? Unless the discrimination was blatant, and you have more than an ice cube's chance in hell of calling witnesses, you will have a difficult time proving it was intentional. That means you will most likely have to resort to indirect statistical methods and the use of experts which is extremely expensive. Most good employment attorneys don't take cases on contingency--it's usually a retainer/pay as you go sort of deal. But by all means, if you think you were discriminated against ask if you can have some time to think about this. Discuss it with an attorney. If the attorney says: "Oh, yeah! I can take your case on contingency or for the filing fees and costs only, and get you a better deal," you might want to think twice. Is that extra $5,000-$10,000 your bottom-feeding attorney can extract as "piss off" settlement worth the extra 6 mos. to a year you might be spending looking for a job because prospective employers view you as litigious? Think carefully. And no, I do not work for QCOM.