Mrs. Baker filed a lawsuit against Silver Oak Senior Living Management CO. for firing her because she refuses to fire older employees. When Mrs. Baker refuse her supervisor set out to retaliate by firing her. This retaliation used against Mrs. Baker is considered opposition because she refuses to do what management wanted her to do, and that was discriminate against older employees. Unfortunately, these punitive measures led her to file a lawsuit because her manager discriminated against her under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. The evidence Mrs. Baker have is when top managers “made statements such as Silver Oaks should be a youth-oriented company,” there’s “no room for dead wood,” and Silver Oak was “a young company that enjoys
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Baker because Mrs. Thomas did discriminate against her on several occasions. First, were the insensitive comments made towards Mrs. Baker. Second, was Mrs. Thomas admitting she did, in fact, tell Mrs. Baker to change her appearance to look like other co-workers who were much younger than her. Third was when she fired Mrs. Baker in retaliation because she refuse to discriminate against other co-workers by firing them. Fourth was Mrs. Thomas bogus claim that she had to discipline Mrs. Baker which led to her also being fired. Therefore as the presiding judge over Baker vs. Silver Oaks, I recommend this case go before a jury because Silver Oak management violated the characteristics associated with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This act prohibits any employee from being discriminated on due to their age (Schuster & Miller, 1984). Therefore, instead of Mrs. Thomas discriminating against Mrs. Baker she should've shown her the respect as an elder and the Director of an Assisted Living Facility. She didn’t have to be so biased towards older people because if she was this way with workers you can only image how she felt about the ones living at the facility. Consequently, her behavior led to a lawsuit that could have been avoided if Mrs. Thomas wasn't so biased toward older
Baker because Mrs. Thomas did discriminate against her on several occasions. First, were the insensitive comments made towards Mrs. Baker. Second, was Mrs. Thomas admitting she did, in fact, tell Mrs. Baker to change her appearance to look like other co-workers who were much younger than her. Third was when she fired Mrs. Baker in retaliation because she refuse to discriminate against other co-workers by firing them. Fourth was Mrs. Thomas bogus claim that she had to discipline Mrs. Baker which led to her also being fired. Therefore as the presiding judge over Baker vs. Silver Oaks, I recommend this case go before a jury because Silver Oak management violated the characteristics associated with the Age Discrimination in Employment Act. This act prohibits any employee from being discriminated on due to their age (Schuster & Miller, 1984). Therefore, instead of Mrs. Thomas discriminating against Mrs. Baker she should've shown her the respect as an elder and the Director of an Assisted Living Facility. She didn’t have to be so biased towards older people because if she was this way with workers you can only image how she felt about the ones living at the facility. Consequently, her behavior led to a lawsuit that could have been avoided if Mrs. Thomas wasn't so biased toward older