Supreme Court Finds That Kentucky Disability Pension Does Not Violate ADEA

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July 11, 2008

Previously published on June 24, 2008

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that Kentucky's disability pension arrangements for disabled police and firefighters do not violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 ("ADEA"), despite providing greater benefits to employees who become disabled at younger ages. Kentucky Retirement Systems v. EEOC, No. 06-1037 (June 19, 2008).

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