8th Circuit:  Accountant Failed To Show Age, Gender Caused Promotion Denials

Mealey's (August 2, 2019, 12:42 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — An accountant who was promoted several times by her employer before being demoted and then laid off as part of reorganizations failed to show unsuccessful applications for higher posts and her eventual rehire in a lower ranking position were caused by age or gender bias, an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled July 30 (Nancy Heisler v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, No. 18-1588, 8th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22573)....