Justices rule for federal employee over age discrimination
Posted on AllSides April 6th, 2020
From The Left
WASHINGTON (AP) — Well, OK, boomer.
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for federal employees 40 and older to sue for age discrimination.
The justices ruled 8-1 that federal workers have a lower hurdle to overcome than their counterparts in the private sector. The decision came in the case in which Chief Justice John Roberts, a 65-year-old baby boomer, invoked the “OK, boomer” meme during arguments in January for the first time in high-court records.
The court issued the opinion without taking the bench for the third straight week...
