Q: “I’m working with a manager who just terminated 11 staff members because “they didn't have the right skill set,” although he couldn’t adequately articulate to me or his staff what those missing skills were. He just wanted to go in a fresh, new direction. Ten of the 11 were women and nine of the 11 were 40 or over. Now he wants to hire eight new people to essentially replace those terminated. I think he’s putting the company at risk. Is he?” – Anonymous, Washington
Is this manager setting the company up for a discrimination suit?
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