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| Suit over retiree incentives |
| By Star Tribune |
| Published: 09/24/2008 |
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MINNESOTA - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on Tuesday sued the Minnesota Department of Corrections over an early retirement incentive plan that the EEOC says discriminates against workers age 55 and older. Some corrections employees who take early retirement between the ages of 50 and 55 can receive the employer contribution for health and dental insurance until they are 65. But employees who retire later than the first pay period after their 55th birthday are excluded. "Telling your older employees that they are too old to receive a benefit of early retirement made available to younger employees is, on its face, discriminatory," said John Rowe, director of the EEOC Chicago district, which includes Minnesota. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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