Court’s Term Marked by Rulings In Age-Discrimination Disputes

Washington

School groups following two age-discrimination cases in the U.S. Supreme Court got a split decision at the end of the court’s term.

In a victory for employees, the justices ruled that employers bear the burden of persuasion in court in certain cases in which job actions have a disparate impact on older workers.

Meanwhile, in another decision under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the court ruled against a Kentucky worker by holding that certain disparities in that state’s public-employee retirement system do not...