Age Discrimination Employment Act

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The Age Discrimination Act is enforced by the Civil Rights Center. The combination tries to protect the rights of workers of all ages. This paper defines the Act and gives the criteria for a lawsuit. A case example of age discrimination is also given.

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"To successful achieve an age-based termination claim, a plaintiff must show that his/her age was the reason and "had a determinative influence on" the employer's decision to fire him or her. Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products, Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 141, 120 S.Ct. 2097, 2105, 147 L.Ed.2d 105 (2000). (McGovern 2005) To do this an employee will need to produce either direct or indirect evidence of discrimination that meets requirements Justice O'Connor's controlling opinion in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, 490 U.S. 228, 109 S.Ct. 1775, 104 L.Ed.2d 268 (1989), or indirect or circumstantial evidence of discrimination that satisfies the familiar three-step framework of McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792, 93 S.Ct. 1817, 36 L.Ed.2d 668 (1973). (Mc Govern 2005)"

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