The OWBPA mandates that an employer provide a list of job titles with corresponding ages to all laid off employees. On November 8 this list was provided to over 40 laid off employees. On November 14 a revised list was sent out to over 40 employees laid off with a request that they sign a new severance agreement and mail back to Follett. Why was this done? Because someone in HR decided to add more employees at the last minutes for reasons I can not state here. Needless to say this action has come back to bite them in the ass!
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Hey deep thinker. Describe old and whiny and bastards. Everyone here is assuming they know to whom you are referring. I'm not that smart. Are you? Do you know who you're describing? Come on, tell us. Your ideas are well thought out and expertly argued. Come on, clue us in. Who are you thinking of?
You can't base pay on seniority then cut based on pay without cutting based on seniority. If you're cutting, based on seniority, you're cutting based on age, too. One can't earn 25 years tenure without being over 40. Those over 40 are a federally protected class of employee. I don't see how that layoff could possible be legal.
I don't need ben gay and I'm not that old but I do care for some of the people that are and what Follett did has yet to be determined if it was legal, that decision will be left to the courts.
You prove age and maturity don't always go hand in hand, and if you are at Follett it just shows that professionalism had nothing to do with who they kept and who they let go.
7631.... you're a jerk. you'll get there too!
Oh relax and rub on some more Ben-gay - golden years are ahead!
I assume you have issues with your parents possibly your grandparents also. I hope you are not a parent for any family stake, in fact I think under the best circumstance's you are an orphan.
And here I thought OWBPA stood for Old Whiny Bastards Pascification Act. Who knew!
Here is the information on the lawyer who filed suit; http://www.talbottlawfirm.com/about-us/attorneys/
He appears to be a workman's comp specialist. Perhaps if you want to contribute your story this lawyer can help bring down Follett.
Many unethical companies try to use layoffs to cover up numerous forms of discrimination. They count on employees being distraught and needing the money the severance offers and not questioning the reason they were selected.
Court case in process in Florida Northern District Court
Fair Labor Standards Act Case
RFC Case Number: 3:2014cv00079 Filed Feb, 18, 2014
The smell of a lawsuit is in the air. Won't that make wonderful publicity to all the Universities, colleges, and middle schools out there. Start getting the message out folks, blogs, newspaper editorials, it's time to rally the troops.
They did the same thing when I was laid off last April. I know of at least one employee who appeared on the first list that was not laid off.
Let's not forget, racial discrimination.
Wow.
This act mandates this list be provided to laid off employees over the age of 40.