RIF LOOKED LIKE EXCUSE FOR AGE BIAS

摘要

Danger: RIF ahead. Watch out for age discrimination.rnThat's a warning sign that any employer planning layoffs should be able to read. But apparently, Qualex Inc. didn't when the Kodak subsidiary carried out a reduction in force (RIF) at its plant in East Hartford, CT.rnQualex structured the RIF so that not only was the average age of those who lost their jobs over 50, it "far exceeded" the average of those who remained, as the EEOC put it.