Mind your mouth: Ageist criticism more likely than ever to spur a lawsuit

Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2009 Gross v. FBL Financial Services decision, employees suing for age discrimination have had to prove that “but for” the employee’s age, the employer wouldn’t have taken the adverse action it did. Gross generally benefited employers, but it also raised the stakes. Now, managers’ ageist statements can really have an impact.