Mises Daily
Author:
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
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Concerning the issue of age discrimination, the Supreme Court, in Meacham v. Knolls, said that the burden of proof resides on the employer. If a company lays off too many older people (meaning, incredibly, people older than 40), it is under the gun, and must show that factors other than age account for the disparate impact. Otherwise, the courts