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Filing Age Discrimination Charges Against GM

Anyone who was laid off Feb 1, there is a time limit (180 calendar days unless Michigan has a state law that supports filing at 300 days) for filing discrimination charges through EEOC per below...

https://www.eeoc.gov//employees/howtofile.cfm

How to File a Charge of Employment Discrimination
Log into the EEOC Public Portal to:
Submit an inquiry online
Schedule an intake interview
Note: Federal employees and applicants for federal jobs have a different complaint process.
A charge of discrimination is a signed statement asserting that an organization engaged in employment discrimination. It requests EEOC to take remedial action. The laws enforced by EEOC, except for the Equal Pay Act, require you to file a charge before you can file a lawsuit for unlawful discrimination. There are strict time limits for filing a charge.
Time Limits for Filing a Charge
Where the discrimination took place can determine how long you have to file a charge. The 180-calendar-day filing deadline is extended to 300- calendar days if a state or local agency enforces a state or local law that prohibits employment discrimination on the same basis. The rules are slightly different for age discrimination charges. For age discrimination, the filing deadline is only extended to 300 days if there is a state law prohibiting age discrimination in employment and a state agency or authority enforcing that law. The deadline is not extended if only a local law prohibits age discrimination.

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How do you know the contract is voidable? Also, just had phone interview with eeoc. They dismissed my age discrimination case because they said all other employees dismissed on that day were over 40 years of age. Doesnt make sense to me. They said it had to be a scenario where all other employees were younger and I was the only one over 40. Do you know of a lawyer who will take these cases? One attorney already told me he would not represent me because I signed the severence package.

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If you were walked out Feb 4, don't forget the last day you were a legal employee was Feb 28 so you have until August 23rd to file.

Also if you got a package that had a slip in it that said you could get re-hired if you signed... the document is invalid because that was a lie. The contract is voidable.

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