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Newsletter #57

June 7, 2019

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GEA's Enhanced Focus on Training and Development Workshops

As you have likely noticed, we've increased the number of training and workshop opportunities throughout the spring and summer months. Along with the variety of classes- from more strategic business topics to knocking the ball out of the park from a customer service perspective- we're striving to provide you with the training you need to succeed in today's business environment.

We've also expanded locations for classes and are holding some workshops in more concentrated geographic areas, as seen with our "Toxic & Attitude-Ridden Employee" series scheduled for Milledgeville, Dublin, McDonough and Warner Robins.

Let us know if you've got a training need- we're consistently evaluating new topics. For a compete list of upcoming training opportunities, click on the button below.

P.S. Stay tuned as GEA will be soon launching ServSafe classes that are required for the restaurant/food and beverage industry.

Workshop and Training Schedule

This is Evidence of Age Discrimination?

BY Robin Shea

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete LLC

Not sure I’m buying it.

Two out of three judges on a panel from my own U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit recently affirmed a jury verdict in favor of a woman who claimed that she was terminated because of her age.

I agree with the panel majority that some of the facts were arguably “iffy,” which generally means that they’re for the jury to decide. The plaintiff, who was 60, violated a workplace rule. But she had a plausible reason for what she had done, and the offense did not have to result in termination under the employer’s policies. And she’d been there for about 30 years and had been an overall satisfactory performer with only two unspecified “infractions.”

So there was that.

Also, her replacement was in her 30s.

So there was that.

But here is the part that bothered me. After the plaintiff was terminated and a supervisor was escorting her to her car, the supervisor said, “Oh, girl, you don’t have nothing to worry about. You’ll get another job. Just go home and take care of those grandbabies.”

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