Age before beauty, top court rules.(Top Stories Of The Week)(US Supreme Court decision in General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline regarding interpretation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, March, 2004 by Brostoff, Steven

Washington In a victory for corporate insurance buyers, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act does not prevent employers from discriminating in favor of older workers. In a 6-3 decision, the high court said that the text, purpose and history of ADEA show that it is not intended to stop an employer from favoring an older employee over a younger one.

The case was closely watched by business groups, who argued that allowing younger workers to file age discrimination claims would place many employee benefit plans in jeopardy. Quentin Riegel, vice president for litigation with the Washington-based National Association of Manufacturers, said that employers would have been forced to revisit any number of benefit policies...

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