High Court Reviews Age Discrimination Law

WASHINGTON -- Some Mississippi police officers angered when their younger colleagues got more generous pay raises contested the benefits all the way to the Supreme Court, in a case that will set new standards for on-the-job age discrimination lawsuits. The nation's work force is getting older, and the court will decide how much protection those employees have under a 1967 anti-discrimination law. Posted by Editor at November 3, 2004 01:22 PM