Nancy LeaMond

In the Last Decade, Unemployment Rate for Older Workers Increased by 331%

Posted on 03/5/2010 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

WorkNo, that number isn’t a typo. The AARP Public Policy Institute recently conducted analysis on the growing rate of unemployment for workers older than 55, and found that in the last 10 years, the unemployment rate has skyrocketed by a massive 331%. The analysis came from data out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics from January 2000 to December 2009. Here are a few numbers from the data: • The increase in unemployment for 65+ workers was 235% • The …

AARP in Politico

Posted on 11/3/2009 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Personal HealthCheck out this editorial in Politico from Nancy LeaMond, Executive Vice President at AARP. She talks about the “sobering” realities that senior citizens face when it comes to health care, and where AARP stands on the issues at hand with health care reform. She discusses the need to close that “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug coverage, and that discrimination by insurance companies must end. LeaMond says: “AARP has been fighting for years to abolish age rating for the same …

A Big Day for Combating Age Discrimination

Posted on 10/7/2009 by Correy Robertson | Archived Contributor | Comments

Money & SavingsYesterday, AARP Executive Vice President Nancy LeaMond made AARP’s stance on age discrimination known: AARP fully and “vigorously” – according to the New York Times – backs the proposed legislation Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act. The legislation would overturn a four-month-old Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult for workers to win age discrimination cases. In the case, Gross v. F.B.L. Financial Services, the court established a different burden of proof for age discrimination than that of discrimination based …