Tag: Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967

Benefits | March 16th, 2011

Another Fire District Settles Pension ADEA Claim

March 16, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Brentwood, Long Island (New York) Fire District will pay $465,600 to settle a class...

Benefits | February 24th, 2011

NY Town Settles Suit over Restricting Older Worker Pensions

February 24, 2011 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The Village of Amityville, New York, and the Amityville Fire Department will pay $209,280 to...

Compliance | August 25th, 2010

School Principal Age Bias Suit Revived

August 25, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Disagreeing with a lower court, a federal appellate court has ruled that an Oklahoma City...

Compliance | July 28th, 2010

Court Dismisses Cash Balance ADEA Charges

July 28, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – An employer’s cash balance plan did not cut older employees’ accrual rate because of age...

Compliance | July 12th, 2010

Lawyer’s Age Discrimination Case Dismissal Upheld

July 12, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has turned away arguments by a 68-year-old lawyer that a...

Compliance | May 19th, 2010

Pension Amendment Not ADEA Violation

May 19, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A federal appellate court has ruled that differences in pension benefits between younger and older...

Benefits | March 26th, 2010

Kmart Agrees to $120K Discrimination Settlement

March 26, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) –Retailer Kmart Corporation will pay $120,000 as part of the settlement of an age harassment, constructive...

Compliance | March 2nd, 2010

EEOC Defines Reasonable Factors other than Age

March 2, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking defining...

Benefits | January 27th, 2010

Hollywood Writers’ Ageism Suit Settles for $70M

January 27, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A decade-old age discrimination lawsuit filed by a group of Hollywood writers over age 40...

Benefits | November 27th, 2009

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November 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – If you’re looking for a way to keep those holiday pounds in check,...

Compliance | November 12th, 2009

High Court Mulls Taking USERRA Appeal

November 12, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – U.S. Supreme Court justices are considering hearing an appeal in an employment discrimination case...

Products | November 2nd, 2009

GovDocs Updates Labor Law Materials

November 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GovDocs Inc. has announced the availability of Federal Labor Law materials updated to incorporate the...

Compliance | October 28th, 2009

EEOC Updates Notice to Employees

October 27, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a notice revising its "Equal Employment Opportunity...

Compliance | October 26th, 2009

Fed Workers Advised to Speak Up about Harassment

October 26, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com - Federal employees who believe they have been sexually harassed need to report their complaints to...

Compliance | October 19th, 2009

Employer's Pattern of Accommodating Workers not Relevant

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A California state appellate court has ruled that a single incident of an employer failing...

Benefits | October 19th, 2009

Conn. Town's Fire Dept. Exam back in the Courts

October 19, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The controversial 2003 promotional exam by the city of New Haven, Connecticut, that was the...

Compliance | October 7th, 2009

Lawmakers' Proposal Would Counter Supremes Age Bias Decision

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Lawmakers are trying to counter a U.S. Supreme Court decision on proving violations of the...

Compliance | October 7th, 2009

$2M Discrim Award Back on Track Against Wal-Mart

October 7, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Saying they saw "sufficient evidence of reprehensible or recklessly indifferent conduct" by retailing giant Wal-Mart...

Benefits | October 2nd, 2009

EEOC Sues Vanguard for Racial Discrimination

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued The Vanguard Group, an investment company and...

Compliance | October 2nd, 2009

Feds Issue Genetic Testing Protections

October 2, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Federal regulators have issued new rules giving Americans greater protections to shield them from having...