Legal Question in Employment Law in Texas

This is in reference to possible age discrimination at my workplace. I work for an airline and about 8 of us were hired on the same date...they have been using our dates of birth in order to determine our seniority over one another when it comes to the bidding process. I feel this is inherently unfair as I feel I am being discriminated against just because I am the youngest, and am forced to be the very last one to bid on a schedule. I feel that the company should do a more random process such as use employee numbers or social security numbers when it relates to determining seniority for employees hired on the same date. I don't feel its right that just because you are older, you get the right to claim "seniority" over me and get a better schedule.


Asked on 4/16/10, 12:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Mark Dunn Mark D. Dunn

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act is for a situation where OLD people are discriminated against.

What you describe is unfair, but I don't believe it's grounds for a lawsuit. Your remedy is to go work somewhere else.

The employment discrimination lawyers I've talked to are very, very selective about which cases they take - it has to be very blatant - as where the manager tells racial jokes and fires all the Jews at the same time.

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Answered on 4/22/10, 3:36 pm


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