U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Federal Sector Age Bias

Mealey's (January 15, 2020, 3:03 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) bars “discrimination not only in the ultimate outcome of a personnel decision but also in the process of making that decision,” an attorney representing a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) pharmacist argued on Jan. 15 before the U.S. Supreme Court (Noris Babb v. Robert Wilkie, No. 18-882, U.S. Sup.)....