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: Ross' Employment Law Blog$4,500,000 distributed in age discrimination case
A federal district court has approved distribution of $4,500,000 to 90 claimants in a disparate impact case brought by EEOC against Allstate Insurance Co.
EEOC claimed that a one-year hiring moratorium during a reorganization had a disproportionate impact on employees over the age of 40. More than 90% of the agents subjected to the moratorium were 40 years of age or older.
EEOC claimed this was a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), which Allstate denied.
Full post as published by Ross' Employment Law Blog on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).
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