· 11/13/2012
Ronald Reed v. Neopost USA, Incorporated
Citations
- 701 F.3d 434
- 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 23289
- 96 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 44,680
- 116 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 815
- 2012 WL 5476909
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- holding that stray remarks were not evidence of age animus in part because they were “sporadic”
- recognizing that Title VII does not protect from a hostile work environment or discrimination on the basis of age
- holding that incidental or occasional age-based comments, including references to an employee like “old man” and “old fart” were insufficient to support an age-based hostile-work environment claim
- holding that incidental or occasional age-based comments, including references to an employee like “old man” and “old fart” were insufficient to support an age-based hostile-work environment claim
- holding that evidence of co-workers’ use of “names like ‘old man,’ ‘old fart,’ ‘pops,’ and ‘grandpa”’ does not cteate a hostile environment without additional explanation of the comments’ “nature and context”
- explaining that CSC Logic test applies only to comments offered as direct evidence of discrimination
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Judges: Stewart, Garza, Elrod
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