Garland's Digest

on employment discrimination law

Chapter 12 - Age Discrimination

Overview

12.100 Introduction
12.200 Issues unique to the ADEA

 

Detail

12.100 Introduction

             12.110 Statute

             12.120 Regulations

             12.130 Deference to regulations

             12.140 Other anti-discrimination laws as interpretative guidance

             12.150 Interpretative guidance based on Wirtz Report

             12.160 Application of McDonnell Douglas burden-shifting analysis

12.200 Issues unique to the ADEA

              12.210 Substantially younger

                          12.211 Employer's knowledge of age discrepancy

                          12.212 Older temporary replacement chosen as subterfuge

                          12.213 Court considers age of the "permanent replacement"

             12.220 Evidence of age discrimination

                          12.221 Factors than may correlate with age

                                       12.221.10 If some factors correlate with age, but
                                                          another factor is age, then Hazen Paper
                                                          does not apply

                         12.222 Comments related to performance or age

                         12.223 Retirement

                                      12.223.10 Inquiry into employee's retirement plans

                                      12.223.20 Suggestion of retirement

                                      12.223.30 Offer of early retirement

                                      12.223.40 Offer of early retirement to employees
                                                          besides the plaintiff

                          12.224 Employer's concern about potential age
                                        discrimination claim

                          12.225 Generic statements as age discrimination

             12.230 Mandatory age requirements

                          12.231 Mandatory entry age

                          12.232 Mandatory retirement age

                                       12.232.10 FAA - pilots

                          12.233 Mandatory age requirements for police and firemen

             12.240 Disparate impact claims

                          12.241 Supreme Court's analysis

                          12.242 Wards Cove

             12.250 Miscellaneous issues

                          12.251 No duty to create job opening for older worker

                          12.252 Whether the ADEA protects younger workers from
                                        discrimination in favor of older workers?

                          12.253 Older Workers Benefit Protection Act does not provide
                                        for a cause of action separate from the ADEA

                          12.254 Retirement plan benefits that are less favorable for
                                        age-based retirees than disability-based retirees
                                        may violate the ADEA

                          12.255 Early retirement program based on age

                          12.256 If plaintiff is older at time of hire, then that creates
                                        inference of no discrimination

             12.260 Issues in ADEA reduction in force cases

                          12.261 Prima facie case

                          12.262 Proving the fourth prong

                          12.263 Sufficient evidence of age discrimination

                                       12.263.10 Good employees may be discharged during
                                                           a RIF                        

                                       12.263.20 Reliance on most recent employee
                                                          evaluations             

                                       12.263.30 Redistribution of duties to younger
                                                          employees                          

                                       12.263.40 Does employer have duty to transfer?

                          12.264 In company-wide RIF, plaintiff's comparators are not
                                        limited to persons who have the same supervisor

             12.270 Bona fide occupational qualification

                          12.271 Statutory authority

                          12.272 Cases interpreting statute

             12.280 Bona fide seniority system

                          12.281 Statutory authority

             12.290 Employee benefit plans

                          12.291 Statutory authority

                          12.292 Cases interpreting statute