Negotiation Law Blog - Negotiating Gender, a History: When You Wish Upon a Star - Comments http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/ Southern California Arbitration Mediation & Conflict Resolution: Settle it Now Dispute Resolution Services: Serving Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Century City en Copyright 2012 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:00:21 -0800 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:00:21 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss J. Jeff Kober Love the letter. It is certainly a reflection of the times. Curiously, I was meeting with a former Walt Disney World Cast Member who was let go in the latest set of layoffs. She was commenting how she attended events offered by the company to deal with getting your resume, finding your next job, etc. She noted how stunned she was that the majority of the people in the room were older woman. It easily led her to wonder how "fair" the process was of identifying who might be let go, and who ended up remaining.

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Working primarily on employment law cases, I hear daily the frustrations of "older" women being let go. There are a million rationalizations given which attempt to persuade women that ultimately they're misperceiving what they're seeing and experiencing. I guess it's just women (once again) being oversensitive. . .!

What's really unfortunate is how difficult these kinds of cases are to prove. And, employers know this.

Sorry to vent, but thanks for the opportunity! :)

Debra

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