Does the ADEA Recognize “Reverse Age Discrimination” Claims?
General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline Docket No. 02-1080 From: The Sixth Circuit Case at a Glance The Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits employers from discriminating against employees 40 years of age and older. The typical case involves an older worker alleging he or she has been treated worse than a substantially younger employee. In this case, younger employees in the protected class, who lost their retirement benefits as a result of a new collective bargaining agreement allege that their employer violated the ADEA by treating them worse than older workers in the protected class. • Previewed by David L. Hudson, Jr., a Tennessee-based attorney who writes regularly on employment law issues.
