Supreme Court ruling a victory for older workers

Washington ~ The Supreme Court ruled for older workers Thursday in a closely watched age discrimination case, placing on employers the burden of proving that a layoff or other action that hurts older workers more than others was based not on age but on some other “reasonable factor.”

The 7-to-1 decision overturned a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York, which said employees had the burden of disproving an employer’s defense of reasonableness.

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 Podcast...Roberta Ashkin (The Ashkin Law Firm in New York) comments on the ruling and it's implications.