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District Court Decision Rejects Common Method for Making Statistical Disclosures Required for ADEA Employment Termination Program Releases
August 11, 2005
Ethan Lipsig and Patrick W. Shea
A recent district court decision, Burlison v. McDonald’s Corp., raises serious concerns about the validity of many already signed employment termination program Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) releases: it invalidated ADEA releases because the employer only gave persons who were asked to sign releases ADEA-required census data about their own “Decisional Units” (a concept explained later in this alert).
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