Gross v. FBL Financial Services

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Age Discrimination Claims Filed Under ADEA are Narrowed

By Debra Reilly on November 22, 2009

Today an interesting article appeared in The Wall Street Journal by Anne Tergeson titled Age Bias at Work is Harder to Prove.

U.S. Supreme Court Ruling:

Ms. Tergesen writes that age-discrimination claims against employers have skyrocketed in recent years; however, the June 18, 2009, U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Gross v. FBL Financial Services …

Throughout her 30-year legal career, Debra L. Reilly has conducted over 900 internal workplace investigations for various counties, municipalities (including police departments and fire departments), water districts, sanitation districts, transportation authorities, public and private elementary schools (K-12), private and public colleges and universities, the United States Postal Service (holding a “sensitive” security clearance by the Postal Inspector’s Office), and a multitude of private sector employers . Debra has conducted employment investigations throughout the United States and California. She has testified in depositions, arbitrations, and trial concerning the findings of her investigations. Given her legal training and litigation experience representing both management and employees, Ms. Reilly’s investigations are impartial, objective, and thorough. Ms. Reilly has also testified as an expert witness in Human Resources standard practices in conducting harassment and discrimination investigations, as well as Human Resources standard practices in conducting reasonable accommodation assessments of disabled employees and engaging in the interactive process.