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Article: Reverse discrimination case decision looms in high court; outlook unclear. (EPL: Reverse Discrimination).(impact on employment practices liability insurance)
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- National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
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- June 16, 2003
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Employers may face a new type of age discrimination liability depending on the outcome of a case now pending before the United States Supreme Court.
The case involves allegations by a group of workers in their 40s that they are victims of reverse discrimination because their employer provided more general employee benefits to fellow workers age 50 and older.
In the case--General Dynamics Land Systems v. Cline--the younger workers argue that General Dynamics' policy violates the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act. However, the impact of the case on employment practices liability insurance is unclear.
The Washington-based National ...