The Nation : Jobs Panel Turns Over Age Bias Papers
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has responded to a subpoena by the Senate Aging Committee for files pertaining to age discrimination complaints. The EEOC furnished 11 boxes of documents and has until March 21 to provide additional information on employment complaints on which the statute of limitations expired without any EEOC action. The Times previously reported that the EEOC mistakenly ignored 900 cases for more than two years, the deadline for filing lawsuits. The Senate Aging Committee is seeking to determine if there are additional cases that were allowed to lapse.
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