Federal employee can’t appeal part of EEOC award 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: June 1, 2010
Tags: ADEA, age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
An age discrimination plaintiff couldn’t appeal the remedial portions of an administrative award against the federal government without subjecting the rest of the decision to judicial review, the 9th Circuit has ruled.
Ledbetter Act doesn’t revive age-bias lawsuit
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 17, 2010
Tags: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, statute of limitations
A new federal law extending the statute of limitations for certain job discrimination claims does not revive the lawsuit of an accountant who alleged he was not promoted to partner because of his age, the D.C. Circuit has ruled in affirming a dismissal.
Reduction in force doesn’t constitute age discrimination
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 4, 2010
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, reduction in force
An employer didn’t violate federal age discrimination law when it terminated one of its oldest workers as part of a reduction in force, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Law firm faces EEOC suit for underpaying older attorneys
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: February 3, 2010
Tags: ADEA, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, retaliation
The EEOC has filed a claim against a law firm for age discrimination and retaliation for the way it compensated attorneys older than 70.
TV writers to get $70M in age-discrimination case
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 25, 2010
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Two dozen entertainment firms said Friday they have agreed to pay $70 million to settle age discrimination claims by 165 television writers over the age of 40 in the largest settlement of its kind.
New trial in Supreme Court age bias case
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: December 7, 2009
Tags: Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Mixed-motive, Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act
A new trial has been ordered in the age discrimination case that went all the way to the Supreme Court, creating a tougher standard for plaintiffs to prove bias.
In retrial, jury finds age bias in downsizing
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: November 20, 2009
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
A federal jury has awarded $6.2 million to two older employees terminated in a downsizing in a verdict that came just four months after the same evidence produced a hung jury.
Allstate settles age bias class action for $4.5M
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 14, 2009
Tags: age discrimination, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $4.5 million to about 90 former employees to settle an age discrimination class action lawsuit, said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday.
Texas jury issues $1M age-bias verdict
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 8, 2009
Tags: age bias, Age Discrimination in Employment Act
A federal jury in Texas has awarded almost $1 million to a former airport restaurant manager who said he was fired because of his age.
In-house counsel wins ADEA suit over mandatory retirement
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: September 3, 2009
Tags: Age Discrimination in Employment Act
A company’s in-house counsel was not a bona fide executive or high policymaker subject to mandatory retirement under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, a U.S. District Court in Connecticut has ruled.
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