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$1.12 million settlement in early retirement case
August 22, 2006 by Ross Runkel at LawMemo
The charge: That a school district reduced the amount of employees' early retirement incentive payments for each year as the employees grew older.
The EEOC sued and got a settelement of $1,120,430 for 57 former employees.
EEOC has brought a total of 12 age discrimination lawsuits against Minnesota school districts because of their discriminatory early retirement plans. All of the lawsuits have now settled for total monetary relief of over $2.6 million for more than 200 retired teachers and other employees.
Full details in EEOC press release: Stillwater School District To Pay $1.12 Million For Age Bias Against Class Of Retired Employees.
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