Age Bias Class Suit Largely Permitted To Proceed Against FCA

Mealey's (August 16, 2018, 8:54 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A class suit accusing FCA US LLC of using an evaluation process that discriminates against employees who are 55 and older may proceed, a Michigan federal judge ruled Aug. 6, granting a dismissal motion only as to the individual claims by one of four named plaintiffs and rejecting the employer’s argument that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) does not permit a class definition that excludes employees aged 40 to 54 (Dan Cerjanec, et al. v. FCA US, LLC, No. 17-10619, E.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 131434)....