In a landmark decision,when an Ohio county agency denied disability benefits to an employee who had been laid off at age 61 because its disability plan cut off at age 60,the Supreme Court ruled that this was a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.

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The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990 resulted from a 1989 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. In that decision, the Court ruled that the Ohio county agency had not violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act because, it said, the law did not cover benefits, just hirings, firings, and promotions.

In a Landmark Decision,when an Ohio County Agency Denied Disability