Sometimes promotions move quietly t

hrough the ranks.No job posting, no formal applications, just a quiet internal decision. A recent Ninth Circuit decision reminds employers that even those informal moves can create risk under the a

ge-discrimination laws. TL;DR: Three longtime employees in their 50s sued after their company quietly promoted a younger manager to a regional-director job without eve

r opening it up for applications. The Ninth Circuit said they didn’t need to prove they applied for the position when the company never gave them the chance. 📄 Read the opinion The “unposted” promotion that started it all All three employees had