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June 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver
As the concept of age discrimination has become better known, complaints from older American workers — people over 40— have gradually increased. Since COVID-19, agencies that deal with age discrimination have seen a significant ramping up of employee complaints.
Recently I discussed this timely issue with Lou Reyes who runs a YouTube channel for people over 50, appropriately called “Over 50tv.” While not a lawyer, his experience in this area came from 14 years as a publisher of business-to-business magazines and “having managed over 100 people.”
I asked him, “How do business owners wind up spending thousands of dollars in attorney fees defending age discrimination claims and likely paying a stiff judgment? Here is Reyes’ by-the-numbers ways of getting yourself sued:…click here to read more