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Google's people-first content guidance now warns site owners against fabricated author profiles, a form of deception its rater guidelines already described. https://hubs.li/Q04z26R20

A federal lawsuit is alleging the sporting goods retailer Scheels removed older workers from its retirement plan.

A press release concerning this lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Nevada was issued in Reno yesterday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

"Scheels All Sports, Inc., a Fargo, North Dakota-based national sporting goods retailer, violated federal law when it changed its employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), forcing a class of employees to sell their company shares when they turned 40 years of age, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today," the statement indicates.

"According to the suit, under Scheels’ policy, employees 40 and over who did not work 1,000 hours in a year were forced to give up their company shares, but employees under the age of 40 were allowed to keep their company shares, even if they worked fewer than 1,000 hours in a year. The suit also alleges that the reasons for Scheels’ policy were rooted in age-based stereotypes, such as the assumption that younger workers are more likely to work fewer hours to attend college or start families, while older workers are supposedly less likely to contribute to company growth.

Jeri Fulgham, who accrued ESOP shares during a Scheels career of more than 20 years, was forced to sell her shares after she turned 40 and didn’t meet the 1,000 hour requirement in the previous year, resulting in lost opportunity for future gains in her company shares. Fulgham asked Scheels to revise its discriminatory age-based divestment policy because of her 20-year loyalty to the company, but the company refused, and Fulgham felt she had no choice but to resign from Scheel’s (local) location in February 2022.

“Employers cannot give younger workers advantages in compensation over older workers based on misguided and outdated stereotypes,” said EEOC San Francisco District Director Christopher Green. “An employer who does so sends a clear message that older workers are not wanted.”

The alleged conduct violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which prohibits employers from treating workers over 40 less favorably because of their age. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Scheels All Sports, Inc., Case No. 3:26-cv-00756) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its administrative conciliation process.

EEOC Senior Trial Attorney Gregory Hitzel said, “Excluding a loyal employee from a lucrative compensation plan because of her age not only impacts the company’s workforce, it violates the ADEA. The EEOC will continue to enforce the ADEA to protect older employees and job applicants.”

The EEOC’s San Francisco District Office has jurisdiction over Northern California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana."

Toni Venturacci is teaching another drawing class on October 17th beginning at 10:00 am and running to 3:00 pm.

If you know Toni she is an amazing artist and teacher. Her last class was an amazing time full of instruction and information regarding all things pertaining to charcoal pencil drawing.

The cost of the class is $60.00 and must be paid in advance by either calling the shop at 775-427-5079 or stopping by Cranberry Cottage and paying in person. 10 spots are available. Refreshments will be served and you must bring your own lunch. Sign up today!!!

92.3% of web analytics experts say they trust their data. Yet 84.3% have made a decision based on analytics they later questioned or found incomplete.

So what makes data reliable enough to act on?

We look at the practical checks behind decision-ready analytics, from tracking and metric definitions to traffic quality, missing context and conflicting numbers across systems: https://ow.ly/pnrS50ZRk5g

Do you like dogs and puzzles, maybe this is for you... made by one of my friends...

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HUGE PARKING LOT SALE

Friday & Saturday,
October 2nd & 3rd
10- 5

Books & Bibles $1-$20

Tshirts $5

All other items $1-$5

Small store fixtures and shelves available as well

200 S. Maine St.
Fallon